About the Authors

Masato Nagaoka

mnagaoka@u-fukui.ac.jp

Affiliations Tenure-track Program for Innovative Research, University of Fukui, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Motohiro Kobayashi

Affiliation Division of Tumor Pathology, Department of Pathological Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan

Chie Kawai

Affiliation Tenure-track Program for Innovative Research, University of Fukui, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan

Sunil K. Mallanna

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Stephen A. Duncan

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN SAD. Performed the experiments: MN MK CK SKM. Analyzed the data: MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN MK SAD. Wrote the paper: MN MK SAD.