About the Authors

Kaoru Hazeki

khazeki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Masami Uehara

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Kiyomi Nigorikawa

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Osamu Hazeki

Affiliation Division of Molecular Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KH MU OH. Performed the experiments: KH MU. Analyzed the data: KH MU OH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KH KN. Wrote the manuscript: KH OH.