About the Authors

Haruka Amitani

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Akihiro Asakawa

asakawa@m2.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Kaichun Cheng

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Marie Amitani

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Kaori Kaimoto

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Masako Nakano

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Miharu Ushikai

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Yingxiao Li

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Minglun Tsai

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Jiang-Bo Li

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Mutsumi Terashi

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Huhe Chaolu

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Ryozo Kamimura

Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animals, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Akio Inui

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA KC AI. Performed the experiments: HA MU MA MN M. Tsai JL YL HC M. Terashi. Analyzed the data: HA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA KC KK AA RK AI. Wrote the paper: HA AA AI.