About the Authors

Takehiro Mitsuishi

takeccho86@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Shigeharu Hamatani

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Shinichi Hirooka

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Nei Fukasawa

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Daisuke Aizawa

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Yuko Hara

Affiliation Department of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Akira Dobashi

Affiliation Department of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kenichi Goda

Affiliation Department of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Takahiro Fukuda

Affiliation Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Masayuki Saruta

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuyoshi Urashima

Affiliation Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Masahiro Ikegami

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MI. Data curation: TM S. Hamatani. Formal analysis: TM MU. Investigation: TM S. Hamatani S. Hirooka. Methodology: MI TM S. Hamatani S. Hirooka. Project administration: TM MI. Resources: TM YH AD NF DA KG TF MS. Supervision: TM MI. Validation: TM S. Hamatani S. Hirooka. Visualization: TM. Writing – original draft: TM. Writing – review & editing: TM S. Hamatani S. Hirooka MI.