About the Authors
- Yoshiko Shutto
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Affiliation Department of Health Promotion, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki, Japan
- Michiko Shimada
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Nephrology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
- Maiko Kitajima
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Nephrology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
- Hideaki Yamabe
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Nephrology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
- Yoko Saitoh
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Affiliation Oyokyo Kidney Research Institute Hirosaki Hospital, Hirosaki, Japan
- Hisao Saitoh
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Affiliation Oyokyo Kidney Research Institute Hirosaki Hospital, Hirosaki, Japan
- Mohammed S. Razzaque
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* E-mail: mrazzaque@hms.harvard.edu
Affiliation Department of Oral Medicine, Infection & Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HY MSR. Performed the experiments: Y. Shutto MS MK Y. Saitoh HS. Analyzed the data: Y. Shutto MS MK HY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y. Shutto, MS MK Y. Saitoh HS HY. Wrote the paper: MSR.