About the Authors

Toshi Menju

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Shigeru Hashimoto

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

Ari Hashimoto

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

Yutaro Otsuka

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

Haruka Handa

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

Eiji Ogawa

Affiliation Laboratory of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Yoshinobu Toda

Affiliation Laboratory of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Hiromi Wada

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroshi Date

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Hisataka Sabe

sabeh@med.hokudai.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TM HS. Performed the experiments: TM SH AH EO YO HH. Analyzed the data: TM YT HW HD HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM SH AH YT. Wrote the paper: TM HS.