About the Authors

Ayako Watanabe

Affiliation Division of Mathematical Oncology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Daisuke Hosino

Affiliation Division of Cancer Cell Research, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Naohiko Koshikawa

Affiliation Division of Cancer Cell Research, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Motoharu Seiki

Affiliations Division of Cancer Cell Research, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, JST, CREST, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Suzuki

Affiliations JST, CREST, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Mathematical Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan

Kazuhisa Ichikawa

kichi@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Mathematical Oncology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, JST, CREST, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KI NK MS TS. Performed the experiments: AW DH. Analyzed the data: AW KI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH KI. Wrote the paper: AW KI.