About the Authors

Shuji Sumie

sumie_shyuuji@kurume-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Takumi Kawaguchi

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, Department of Digestive Disease Information and Research, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Ryoko Kuromatsu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Akio Takata

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Masahito Nakano

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Manabu Satani

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Shingo Yamada

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Takashi Niizeki

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Takuji Torimura

Affiliation Liver Cancer Research Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan

Michio Sata

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, Department of Digestive Disease Information and Research, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS TK M. Sata. Performed the experiments: SS MN. Analyzed the data: SS AT M. Satani. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN M. Satani SY TN. Wrote the paper: SS TK RK M. Sata TT.