About the Authors

Takashi Kuramoto

tkuramot@anim.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animals, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Satoshi Nakanishi

Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animals, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Masako Ochiai

Affiliation National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Hitoshi Nakagama

Affiliation National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Birger Voigt

Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animals, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Tadao Serikawa

Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animals, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK TS. Performed the experiments: TK SN. Analyzed the data: TK BV TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MO HN. Wrote the paper: TK BV TS.