About the Authors
- Shuichi Segawa
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Affiliation Frontier Laboratories of Value Creation, Sapporo Breweries Ltd., Yaizu, Japan
- Mikihiro Fujiya
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* E-mail: fjym@asahikawa-med.ac.jp
Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
- Hiroaki Konishi
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
- Nobuhiro Ueno
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
- Naoyuki Kobayashi
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Affiliation Frontier Laboratories of Value Creation, Sapporo Breweries Ltd., Yaizu, Japan
- Tatsuro Shigyo
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Affiliation Frontier Laboratories of Value Creation, Sapporo Breweries Ltd., Yaizu, Japan
- Yutaka Kohgo
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
Competing Interests
S. Segawa, N. Kobayashi and T. Shigyo are employed by Sapporo Breweries Ltd. Sapporo Breweries Ltd and Asahikawa Medical University have a patent application on this study. The patent name is Intestinal Tract Protective Agent. The patent number is PCT/JP2011/057689. There is no product in development and marketed product related to this research. 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: SS MF YK. Performed the experiments: SS MF HK NU NK. Analyzed the data: SS MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS. Wrote the paper: SS MF TS YK.