About the Authors

Yuki Togashi

Affiliations Pathology Project for Molecular Targets, The Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Pathology, The Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Manabu Soda

Affiliation Division of Functional Genomics, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Seiji Sakata

Affiliation Pathology Project for Molecular Targets, The Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Emiko Sugawara

Affiliations Pathology Project for Molecular Targets, The Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Comprehensive Pathology, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Satoko Hatano

Affiliations Pathology Project for Molecular Targets, The Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Pathology, The Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Reimi Asaka

Affiliations Pathology Project for Molecular Targets, The Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Pathology, The Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Nakajima

Affiliation Division of Diagnostic Pathology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Nagaizumi, Shizuoka, Japan

Hiroyuki Mano

Affiliations Division of Functional Genomics, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan, Department of Medical Genomics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kengo Takeuchi

kentakeuchi-tky@umin.net

Affiliations Pathology Project for Molecular Targets, The Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Pathology, The Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT HM. Performed the experiments: YT MS SS ES SH RA. Analyzed the data: YT MS HM KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RA TN. Wrote the paper: KT HM.