About the Authors

Yuta Takahashi

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Naoyoshi Nagata

nnagata_ncgm@yahoo.co.jp

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Takuro Shimbo

Affiliation Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, Fukushima, Japan

Takeshi Nishijima

Affiliation Division of AIDS Clinical Center (ACC), National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Koji Watanabe

Affiliation Division of AIDS Clinical Center (ACC), National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Tomonori Aoki

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Katsunori Sekine

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hidetaka Okubo

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuhiro Watanabe

Affiliation Division of AIDS Clinical Center (ACC), National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Toshiyuki Sakurai

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Chizu Yokoi

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Masao Kobayakawa

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hirohisa Yazaki

Affiliation Division of AIDS Clinical Center (ACC), National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Katsuji Teruya

Affiliation Division of AIDS Clinical Center (ACC), National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Gatanaga

Affiliation Division of AIDS Clinical Center (ACC), National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshimi Kikuchi

Affiliation Division of AIDS Clinical Center (ACC), National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Sohtaro Mine

Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Toru Igari

Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yuko Takahashi

Affiliation Division of Rheumatic Diseases, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Akio Mimori

Affiliation Division of Rheumatic Diseases, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shinichi Oka

Affiliation Division of AIDS Clinical Center (ACC), National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Junichi Akiyama

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Naomi Uemura

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Kohnodai Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Yuta Takahashi NN. Performed the experiments: Yuta Takahashi NN. Analyzed the data: Yuta Takahashi NN T Shimbo. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NN TN KW TA KS HO KW T Sakurai CY MK HY KT HG YK SM TI Yuko Takahashi. Wrote the paper: Yuta Takahashi NN AM SO JA NU.