About the Authors

Xian-Yang Qin

Affiliations Health Risk Research Section, Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Department of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Affiliation Department of Nephro-Urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Kentaro Mizuno

Affiliation Department of Nephro-Urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Katsuhiko Ueoka

Affiliation Department of Surgical Subspecialties, National Research Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Koji Muroya

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan

Mami Miyado

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroko Zaha

Affiliation Health Risk Research Section, Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Hiromi Akanuma

Affiliation Health Risk Research Section, Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Qin Zeng

Affiliation Health Risk Research Section, Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Tomokazu Fukuda

Affiliation Department of Animal Production Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Jun Yoshinaga

Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

Junzo Yonemoto

Affiliation Health Risk Research Section, Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Kenjiro Kohri

Affiliation Department of Nephro-Urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Yutaro Hayashi

Affiliation Department of Nephro-Urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Maki Fukami

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Tsutomu Ogata

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Hideko Sone

hsone@nies.go.jp

Affiliation Health Risk Research Section, Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TF J. Yoshinaga J. Yonemoto MF TO HS. Performed the experiments: XYQ HZ HA QZ. Analyzed the data: XYQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK K. Mizuno KU K. Muroya MM KK YH MF TO. Wrote the paper: XYQ HS.