About the Authors

Katsuya Miyake

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Toru Tanaka

Affiliation Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado, Saitama, Japan

Paul L. McNeil

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: pmcneil@mcg.edu

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM KM TT. Performed the experiments: KM TT. Analyzed the data: KM TT. Wrote the paper: KM. Other: Wrote the first draft of the paper: PM.