About the Authors

Takanobu Shimasaki

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 1, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

Takayuki Masaki

masaki@oita-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 1, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

Kimihiko Mitsutomi

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 1, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

Daisuke Ueno

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 1, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

Koro Gotoh

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 1, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

Seiichi Chiba

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 1, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

Tetsuya Kakuma

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 1, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

Hironobu Yoshimatsu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 1, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS TM. Performed the experiments: TS TM KM DU SC. Analyzed the data: TS TM KG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS TM TK. Wrote the paper: TS HY.