About the Authors

Noriaki Yoshida

nyoshida@aichi-cc.jp (NY); sakira@fmu.ac.jp (AS)

Affiliations Department of Hematology and Oncology, Research Institute Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Division of Molecular Medicine, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan, Department of Cancer Genetics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine at Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan

Miyo Oda

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Pathology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Yoshiaki Kuroda

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Research Institute Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Yuta Katayama

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Yoshiko Okikawa

Affiliation Department of Hematology, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center, Kure, Japan

Taro Masunari

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Chugoku Central Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan

Megumu Fujiwara

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Takashi Nishisaka

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Pathology, Hiroshima Prefecture Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Naomi Sasaki

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kure Kyosai Hospital, Kure, Japan

Yoshito Sadahira

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Keichiro Mihara

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Research Institute Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Hideki Asaoku

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Hirotaka Matsui

Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology & Leukemia Program Project, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Masao Seto

Affiliations Division of Molecular Medicine, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan, Department of Cancer Genetics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine at Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan

Akiro Kimura

Affiliations Department of Hematology and Oncology, Research Institute Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Laboratory medicine, Kure Kyosai Hospital, Kure, Japan

Koji Arihiro

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Pathology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Akira Sakai

nyoshida@aichi-cc.jp (NY); sakira@fmu.ac.jp (AS)

Affiliations Department of Hematology and Oncology, Research Institute Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Radiation Life Science, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NY HA MS AS. Performed the experiments: NY MO HM KA AS. Analyzed the data: NY TM AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y. Kuroda Y. Katayama YO TM MF TN NS YS KM HA AS AK. Wrote the paper: NY AS.