About the Authors

Sho Kitamoto

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, Field of Oncology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Seiya Yokoyama

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, Field of Oncology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Michiyo Higashi

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, Field of Oncology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Norishige Yamada

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, Field of Oncology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Shyuichiro Matsubara

Affiliation Frontier Science Research Center, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Sonshin Takao

Affiliation Frontier Science Research Center, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Surinder K. Batra

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Suguru Yonezawa

syoneza@m2.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, Field of Oncology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK S. Yonezawa. Performed the experiments: SK S. Yokoyama S. Yonezawa. Analyzed the data: SK MH SM ST S. Yonezawa. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK NY SM ST SKB. Wrote the paper: SK SKB S. Yonezawa.