About the Authors

Rena Mizutani

Affiliation Radioisotope Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Ai Wakamatsu

Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Noriyuki Tanaka

Affiliation Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Hiroshi Yoshida

Affiliation Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Naobumi Tochigi

Affiliation Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Yoshio Suzuki

Affiliation Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Tadahiro Oonishi

Affiliation Medical Consultation Office, Incorporated, Yokohama, Japan

Hidenori Tani

Affiliation Radioisotope Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Keiko Tano

Affiliation Radioisotope Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kenichi Ijiri

Affiliation Radioisotope Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Takao Isogai

Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Nobuyoshi Akimitsu

akimitsu@ric.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliation Radioisotope Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Tadahiro Oonishi is employed by Medical Consultation Office Inc. 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: RM YS TO TI NA. Performed the experiments: RM AW NT HY NT HT KT NA. Analyzed the data: RM AW NT HY NT YS TO HT KT KI TI NA. Wrote the paper: RM AW NT HY NT YS TO HT KT KI TI NA.