About the Authors
- Akiko Kuroda
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Affiliations Department of Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan, Department of General Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
- Yoshiyuki Tsukamoto
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* E-mail: tuka@oita-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
- Lam Tung Nguyen
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Affiliations Department of Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan, Department of General Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
- Tsuyoshi Noguchi
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Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
- Ichiro Takeuchi
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Affiliation Department of Computer Science/Scientific and Engineering Simulation, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan
- Masahiro Uchida
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
- Tomohisa Uchida
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
- Naoki Hijiya
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
- Chisato Nakada
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
- Tadayoshi Okimoto
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Affiliations Department of General Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
- Masaaki Kodama
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Affiliations Department of General Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
- Kazunari Murakami
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Affiliations Department of General Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
- Keiko Matsuura
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
- Masao Seto
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Affiliation Division of Molecular Medicine, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
- Hisao Ito
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Affiliation Division of Organ Pathology, Department of Microbiology and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
- Toshio Fujioka
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Affiliations Department of General Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
- Masatsugu Moriyama
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AK YT CN. Performed the experiments: AK LTN MU CN. Analyzed the data: YT IT TU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TN NH. Wrote the paper: YT NH TO MK K. Murakami K. Matsuura MS HI TF MM.