About the Authors

Lili Cao

Contributed equally to this work with: Lili Cao, Hidehiko Kawai

Affiliations Department of Experimental Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Molecular Radiobiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Hidehiko Kawai

Contributed equally to this work with: Lili Cao, Hidehiko Kawai

kawaih@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Radiobiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Megumi Sasatani

Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Daisuke Iizuka

Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Yuji Masuda

Affiliations Department of Experimental Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Genome Dynamics, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Toshiya Inaba

Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology & Leukemia Program Project, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Keiji Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Radiation Medical Sciences, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Akira Ootsuyama

Affiliation Department of Radiation Biology and Health, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Toshiyuki Umata

Affiliation Radioisotope Research Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Kenji Kamiya

Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Fumio Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Molecular Radiobiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK YM. Performed the experiments: LC HK MS DI AO TU. Analyzed the data: LC HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TI KS KK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HK FS.