About the Authors

Hirokazu Uemura

uemura@basic.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Sakurako Katsuura-Kamano

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Miwa Yamaguchi

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Fusakazu Sawachika

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Kokichi Arisawa

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HU KA. Performed the experiments: HU KA. Analyzed the data: HU SK-K MY FS KA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KA. Wrote the paper: HU. Revised the manuscript: SK-K MY FS KA.