About the Authors

Tao-Sheng Li

litaoshe@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Stem Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Satoshi Ikeda

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Masayuki Kubo

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Mako Ohshima

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Hiroshi Kurazumi

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Yoshihiro Takemoto

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Kazuhiro Ueda

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Kimikazu Hamano

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL KH. Performed the experiments: TL SI MK MO HK YT KU. Analyzed the data: TL SI. Wrote the paper: TL.