About the Authors

Rumiko Kinoshita

Affiliation Department of Radiation Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Jin-Min Nam

Affiliation Department of Radiation Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Yoichi M. Ito

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Kanako C. Hatanaka

Affiliation Department of Surgical Pathology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Ari Hashimoto

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Haruka Handa

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Yutaro Otsuka

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Shigeru Hashimoto

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Yasuhito Onodera

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Mitsuchika Hosoda

Affiliation Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Shunsuke Onodera

Affiliation Department of Radiation Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Shinichi Shimizu

Affiliation Department of Radiation Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Shinya Tanaka

Affiliation Laboratory of Cancer Research, Department of Pathology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Hiroki Shirato

Affiliation Department of Radiation Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Mishie Tanino

tanino@med.hokudai.ac.jp (MT); sabe@med.hokudai.ac.jp (HS)

Affiliation Laboratory of Cancer Research, Department of Pathology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Hisataka Sabe

tanino@med.hokudai.ac.jp (MT); sabe@med.hokudai.ac.jp (HS)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have following conflicts. The authors have consigned their antibodies against GEP100 and AMAP1 to Gene Science Inc. for their distribution to academic, public usage. 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: RK AH HH Y. Otsuka SH Y. Onodera H. Shirato H. Sabe. Performed the experiments: RK YMI KCH ST MT. Analyzed the data: RK YMI KCH ST MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK JN MH SO SS. Wrote the manuscript: RK JN YMI KCH AH HH Y. Otsuka SH Y. Onodera MH SO SS ST H. Shirato MT H. Sabe.