About the Authors

Shun-ichi Wakabayashi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Satoru Joshita

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

joshita@shinshu-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Kazuhiro Kimura

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Hirohiko Motoki

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Hiroyuki Kobayashi

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Yuki Yamashita

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Ayumi Sugiura

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Tomoo Yamazaki

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Koichiro Kuwahara

Roles Data curation, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Takeji Umemura

Roles Data curation, Supervision

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan, Department of Life Innovation, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.