About the Authors
- Yoko Tsutsumi
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814–0180, Japan
- Takashi Nomiyama
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* E-mail: tnomiyama@fukuoka-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814–0180, Japan
- Takako Kawanami
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814–0180, Japan
- Yuriko Hamaguchi
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814–0180, Japan
- Yuichi Terawaki
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814–0180, Japan
- Tomoko Tanaka
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814–0180, Japan
- Kunitaka Murase
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814–0180, Japan
- Ryoko Motonaga
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814–0180, Japan
- Makito Tanabe
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814–0180, Japan
- Toshihiko Yanase
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814–0180, Japan
Competing Interests
Eli Lilly provided financial support as joint research. MSD donates an endowed chair to our department, and our department employs author Tomoko Tanaka, PhD using a part of the grant from MSD. TN has received lecture fees from Astrazeneca, Astellas, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, MSD, Novartis Pharma, Ono pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Sanofi, Takeda pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma, and research funds from Astellas and MSD. TY was supported financially for his research by MSD, Sanofi, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Company Ltd., Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Sanwa Chemistry Co., Ltd., Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd., Novartis Pharma, Kowa Company Ltd., and Fujifilm Pharma Co., Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TN TY. Performed the experiments: Y Tsutsumi TK YH Y Terawaki TT. Analyzed the data: Y Tsutsumi TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y Tsutsumi TK. Wrote the paper: Y Tsutsumi TN TK TY. Review of manuscript: KM RM MT.