About the Authors

Kazuyoshi Kitaoka

kitaoka@tokushima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

Shiyori Kawata

Affiliation Student Lab, Tokushima University Faculty of Medicine, Tokushima, Japan

Tomohiro Yoshida

Affiliation Student Lab, Tokushima University Faculty of Medicine, Tokushima, Japan

Fumiya Kadoriku

Affiliation Student Lab, Tokushima University Faculty of Medicine, Tokushima, Japan

Mitsuo Kitamura

Affiliation Support Center for Advanced Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK. Performed the experiments: KK SK TY FK MK. Analyzed the data: KK SK TY FK MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK MK. Wrote the paper: KK.