About the Authors

Yoshinori Ohno

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

Mitsuhito Koizumi

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

Hironao Nakayama

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan, Division of Cell Growth and Tumor Regulation, Proteo-Science Center (PROS), Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

Takao Watanabe

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

Masashi Hirooka

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

Yoshio Tokumoto

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

Taira Kuroda

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

Masanori Abe

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

Shinji Fukuda

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan, Division of Cell Growth and Tumor Regulation, Proteo-Science Center (PROS), Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

Shigeki Higashiyama

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan, Division of Cell Growth and Tumor Regulation, Proteo-Science Center (PROS), Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

Teru Kumagi

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

Yoichi Hiasa

hiasa@m.ehime-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: YO YH. Data curation: YO YH. Formal analysis: MK HN TW MH YT T. Kuroda MA SF SH T. Kumagi YH. Funding acquisition: MK T. Kumagi YH. Investigation: YO YH. Methodology: YO YH. Project administration: YO YH. Resources: YO MK TW YH. Software: YO YH. Supervision: YO YH. Validation: YO YH. Visualization: YO MK HN TW SF YH. Writing – original draft: YO YH. Writing – review & editing: YO YH.