About the Authors

Shoko Ishizu-Higashi

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroshi Seno

seno@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp (HS); nishi@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp (EN)

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Eiichiro Nishi

seno@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp (HS); nishi@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp (EN)

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Yoshihide Matsumoto

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Kozo Ikuta

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Motoyuki Tsuda

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Yoshito Kimura

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Yutaka Takada

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Yuto Kimura

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Yuki Nakanishi

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Keitaro Kanda

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Hideyuki Komekado

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Tsutomu Chiba

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SIH HS. Performed the experiments: SIH YM KI MT Yoshito Kimura YT Yuto Kimura YN KK. Analyzed the data: SIH HS KK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EN HK. Wrote the paper: SIH HS TC.