About the Authors

Yasuhito Ishigaki

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada-machi, Kahoku-gun, Japan

Yuka Nakamura

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada-machi, Kahoku-gun, Japan

Yosaburo Oikawa

Affiliation Department of Medical Zoology, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada-machi, Kahoku-gun, Japan

Yasuhiro Yano

Affiliation Department of Pathological Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Matsuoka Fukui, Japan

Susumu Kuwabata

Affiliations Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

Hideaki Nakagawa

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada-machi, Kahoku-gun, Japan

Naohisa Tomosugi

tomosugi@kanazawa-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada-machi, Kahoku-gun, Japan

Tsutomu Takegami

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada-machi, Kahoku-gun, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YI YN NT. Performed the experiments: YI YN YO YY NT TT. Analyzed the data: HN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK. Wrote the paper: YI NT.