About the Authors

Takako Niikura

niikura@sophia.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshiko Kita

Current address: Center for Research and Development of Bioresources, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yoichiro Abe

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TN YA. Performed the experiments: TN YK. Analyzed the data: TN YA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TN YK YA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TN YA.