About the Authors
- Tadakazu Hisamatsu
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* E-mail: hisamachi@a7.keio.jp (T.Hisamatsu); thibi@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp (T.Hibi)
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Susumu Okamoto
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Masaki Hashimoto
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Affiliation Institute of Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Kawasaki, Japan
- Takahiko Muramatsu
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Affiliation Institute of Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Kawasaki, Japan
- Ayatoshi Andou
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Affiliation Institute of Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Kawasaki, Japan
- Michihide Uo
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Affiliation Institute of Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Kawasaki, Japan
- Mina T. Kitazume
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Katsuyoshi Matsuoka
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Tomoharu Yajima
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Nagamu Inoue
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Affiliation Center for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Takanori Kanai
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Haruhiko Ogata
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Affiliation Center for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Yasushi Iwao
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Affiliation Center for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Minoru Yamakado
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Affiliation Center for Multiphasic Health Testing and Services, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Ryosei Sakai
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Affiliation Institute of Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Kawasaki, Japan
- Nobukazu Ono
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Affiliation Institute of Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Kawasaki, Japan
- Toshihiko Ando
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Affiliation Institute of Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Kawasaki, Japan
- Manabu Suzuki
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Affiliation Institute of Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Kawasaki, Japan
- Toshifumi Hibi
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* E-mail: hisamachi@a7.keio.jp (T.Hisamatsu); thibi@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp (T.Hibi)
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
MH, TM, AA, MU, RS, NO, TA, and MS are employees of Ajinomoto, Co., Inc. T.Hisamatsu, SO, KM, TY, NI, TK, HO, YI, and T.Hibi received research grants from Ajinomoto, Co., Inc. TM, AA, T.Hibi, T.Hisamatsu, SO, RS, NO, MS, TA and MH have applied for patents for plasma amino-acid profiling using multivariate analysis as a diagnostic tool for IBD (WO2008/090941). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS One policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: T.Hisamatsu AA RS NO MS. Performed the experiments: T.Hisamatsu MH AA RS NO TA MS. Analyzed the data: MH TM AA MU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SO MK KM TY NI TK HO YI MY. Wrote the paper: T.Hisamatsu. Proofread and approved the manuscript: T.Hisamatsu SO MH TM AA MU MK KM TY NI TK HO YI MY RS NO TA MS T.Hibi.