About the Authors

Yoshihiro Yasuniwa

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, Department of Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Hiroto Izumi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Ke-Yong Wang

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Shohei Shimajiri

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Yasuyuki Sasaguri

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Kazuaki Kawai

Affiliation Department of Environmental Oncology, Institute of Industrial Ecological Science, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Hiroshi Kasai

Affiliation Department of Environmental Oncology, Institute of Industrial Ecological Science, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Takashi Shimada

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nihon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Koichi Miyake

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nihon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Eiji Kashiwagi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Gen Hirano

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Akihiko Kidani

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Masaki Akiyama

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Bin Han

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, Department of Urology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Ying Wu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Ichiro Ieiri

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Shun Higuchi

Affiliation Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Kimitoshi Kohno

k-kohno@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YY K. Kohno. Performed the experiments: YY HI KYW SS YS K. Kawai HK KM TS EK GH AK MA BH YW II SH K. Kohno. Analyzed the data: YY HI KYW SS YS K. Kohno. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY K. Kohno. Wrote the paper: YY K. Kohno.