About the Authors

Noriyuki Kuniyoshi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroo Imazu

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

imazu.hiroo@nihon-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Ryota Masuzaki

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Motomi Yamazaki

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Suguru Hamana

Roles Resources

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Shuzo Nomura

Roles Resources

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Jo Hayama

Roles Resources

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Rota Osawa

Roles Resources

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Koji Yamada

Roles Resources

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Mariko Fujisawa

Roles Resources

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kei Saito

Roles Resources

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Hirofumi Kogure

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this article.