About the Authors

Tsugumichi Saito

tsaito@med.gunma-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular science, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Shuichi Okada

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular science, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Atsushi Nohara

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular science, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Yuko Tagaya

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular science, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Aya Osaki

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular science, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Shinsuke Oh-i

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular science, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Hiroki Takahashi

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular science, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Takafumi Tsuchiya

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular science, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Koshi Hashimoto

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular science, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Tetsurou Satoh

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular science, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Masanobu Yamada

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular science, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Jeffrey E. Pessin

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Masatomo Mori

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular science, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: T. Saito S. Okada. Performed the experiments: T. Saito AN. Analyzed the data: T. Saito S. Okada MY MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: T. Saito S. Okada AN YT AO S. Oh-i HT TT KH T. Satoh. Wrote the paper: T. Saito JEP S. Okada.