About the Authors

Tadakazu Okoshi

Affiliation Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathological Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Itaru Yamaguchi

Affiliation Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathological Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Daisaku Ozawa

Affiliation Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathological Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Kazuhiro Hasegawa

Affiliation Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathological Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Hironobu Naiki

naiki@u-fukui.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathological Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TO IY DO KH HN. Performed the experiments: TO DO KH. Analyzed the data: TO IY DO KH HN. Wrote the paper: TO HN.