About the Authors

Hidenori Ohnishi

ohnishih@gifu-u.ac.jp (HO); tochio@moleng.kyoto-u.ac.jp (HT)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

Hidehito Tochio

ohnishih@gifu-u.ac.jp (HO); tochio@moleng.kyoto-u.ac.jp (HT)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Zenichiro Kato

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

Norio Kawamoto

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

Takeshi Kimura

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

Kazuo Kubota

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

Takahiro Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

Tatsuyoshi Funasaka

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Biology, School of Natural System, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Japan

Hiroshi Nakano

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Biology, School of Natural System, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Japan

Richard W. Wong

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Biology, School of Natural System, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Japan

Masahiro Shirakawa

Affiliation Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Naomi Kondo

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HO HT ZK MS N. Kondo. Performed the experiments: HO HT N. Kawamoto TK KK TY TF HN RW. Analyzed the data: HO HT RW MS. Wrote the paper: HO HT ZK RW MS.