About the Authors

Yosuke Osawa

osawa-gif@umin.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Gifu, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

Masato Hoshi

Affiliation Faculty of Health Science, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Suzuka, Mie, Japan

Ichiro Yasuda

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

Toshiji Saibara

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kochi University School of Medicine, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

Hisataka Moriwaki

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

Osamu Kozawa

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YO. Performed the experiments: YO MH. Analyzed the data: YO MH IY TS HM OK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YO MH. Wrote the paper: YO.