About the Authors

Hiroki Yokoo

hyokoo@med.u-toyama.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Seiichi Chiba

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

Kengo Tomita

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Michinori Takashina

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Hiroshi Sagara

Affiliation Medical Proteomics Laboratory, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Saburo Yagisita

Affiliation Section of Pathology, Kanagawa Rehabilitation Center, Atsugi, Japan

Yasuo Takano

Affiliation Kanagawa Cancer Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan

Yuichi Hattori

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HY YH. Performed the experiments: HY SC KT MT HS. Analyzed the data: HY SY YT YH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HY SC KT MT SY YT. Wrote the paper: HY SY YH.