About the Authors

Toshie Sakuma

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Jason M. Tonne

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Jessica A. Malcolm

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Tayaramma Thatava

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Seiga Ohmine

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Kah-Whye Peng

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Yasuhiro Ikeda

ikeda.yasuhiro@mayo.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS YI. Performed the experiments: TS JMT JAM. Analyzed the data: TS YI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT SO KWP. Wrote the paper: TS YI.