About the Authors

Yutaka Fujiwara

yutakafu@ncc.go.jp

Affiliations Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, Division of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Masanori Toyoda

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Naoko Chayahara

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Naomi Kiyota

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Takanobu Shimada

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Yoshinori Imamura

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Toru Mukohara

Affiliations Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, Cancer Center, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Hironobu Minami

Affiliations Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, Cancer Center, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YF, NC, HM. Performed the experiments: YF, MT, NC, NK, TS, YI, TM, HM. Analyzed the data: YF, MT, YI, HM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YF, MT, HM. Wrote the paper: YF, MT, NC, YI, HM.