About the Authors

Takahiro Isono

isono@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Central Reseach Laboratory, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Tokuhiro Chano

Affiliation Departments of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Hidetoshi Okabe

Affiliation Departments of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Masafumi Suzaki

Affiliation Central Reseach Laboratory, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: T. I.. Performed the experiments: T. I. T.C. M. S. Analyzed the data: T. I. T.C. M. S. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: T. I. T.C. H. O.. Wrote the paper: T. I. T.C..