About the Authors

Tomohiko Sakabe

Affiliation Division of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Department of Genetic Medicine and Regenerative Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

Affiliation Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan

Keita Kanki

Affiliation Division of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Department of Genetic Medicine and Regenerative Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Junya Azumi

Affiliation Division of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Department of Genetic Medicine and Regenerative Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Kazue Gonda

Affiliation Division of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Department of Genetic Medicine and Regenerative Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Yusuke Mizuta

Affiliation Division of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Department of Genetic Medicine and Regenerative Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Daisaku Yamada

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Hiroshi Wada

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Kohei Shomori

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Hiroaki Nagano

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Goshi Shiota

gshiota@med.tottori-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Department of Genetic Medicine and Regenerative Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS HT GS. Performed the experiments: TS JA KG YM. Analyzed the data: TS HT KK KS GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DY HW KS HN. Wrote the paper: TS GS.