About the Authors
- Naoshi Nishida
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* E-mail: naoshi@med.kindai.ac.jp
Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Masatoshi Kudo
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan
- Takafumi Nishimura
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Affiliation Outpatient Oncology Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
- Tadaaki Arizumi
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan
- Masahiro Takita
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan
- Satoshi Kitai
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan
- Norihisa Yada
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan
- Satoru Hagiwara
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan
- Tatsuo Inoue
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan
- Yasunori Minami
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan
- Kazuomi Ueshima
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan
- Toshiharu Sakurai
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan
- Naosuke Yokomichi
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Takeshi Nagasaka
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Ajay Goel
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine and Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center and Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Centre, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors declare that co-author Dr. Ajay Goel is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NN AG. Performed the experiments: NN T. Nishimura. Analyzed the data: NN T. Nishimura MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NN T. Nishimura N. Yokomichi T. Nagasaka TA MT SK N. Yada SH TI YM KU TS. Wrote the paper: NN AG. Acquisition of data: NN T. Nishimura N. Yokomichi T. Nagasaka TA MT SK N. Yada SH TI YM KU TS. Obtain and support materials: NN N. Yokomichi T. Nishimura.