About the Authors

Jun-Ya Kaimori

Affiliations Department of Advanced Technology for Transplantation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Department of Geriatrics and Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Satomi Iwai

Affiliation Laboratory of Small Animal Surgery I, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Aomori, Japan

Masaki Hatanaka

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics and Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Takumi Teratani

Affiliation Center for Development of Advanced Medical Technology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Yoshitsugu Obi

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics and Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Hidetoshi Tsuda

Affiliation Department of Advanced Technology for Transplantation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Yoshitaka Isaka

isaka@kid.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics and Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Takashi Yokawa

Affiliation BioView, Tokyo, Japan

Kagayaki Kuroda

Affiliation Tokai University School of Information Science and Technology Department of Human and Information Science, Kanagawa, Japan

Naotsugu Ichimaru

Affiliation Department of Advanced Technology for Transplantation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Masayoshi Okumi

Affiliation Department of Specific Organ Regulation(Urology), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Koji Yazawa

Affiliation Department of Specific Organ Regulation(Urology), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Hiromi Rakugi

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics and Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Norio Nonomura

Affiliation Department of Specific Organ Regulation(Urology), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Shiro Takahara

Affiliation Department of Advanced Technology for Transplantation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Eiji Kobayashi

Affiliation Center for Development of Advanced Medical Technology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Competing Interests

Takashi Yokawa, Ph.D., belongs to a private company, BioView, Inc. However, BioView, Inc has nothing to do with this paper’s competing interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HR NN ST EK YI. Performed the experiments: JYK SI MH TT HT. Analyzed the data: JYK YO KK TY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MO KY NI. Wrote the paper: JYK YI EK.