About the Authors

Yosuke Nishitani

Affiliation Team of Health Bioscience, Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Ling Zhang

Affiliation Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Masaru Yoshida

Affiliations Gastroenterology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, The Integrated Center for Mass Spectrometry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Takeshi Azuma

Affiliation Gastroenterology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Kazuki Kanazawa

Affiliation Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Takashi Hashimoto

Affiliation Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Masashi Mizuno

mizuno@kobe-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YN MM. Performed the experiments: YN LZ. Analyzed the data: YN LZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY TA KK TH MM. Wrote the paper: YN.