About the Authors

Mami Matsuda-Lennikov

Affiliation Division of Cancer Biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Futoshi Suizu

Affiliation Division of Cancer Biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Noriyuki Hirata

Affiliation Division of Cancer Biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Manabu Hashimoto

Affiliation Division of Cancer Biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Kohki Kimura

Affiliation Division of Cancer Biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Tadashi Nagamine

Affiliation Division of Cancer Biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Yoichiro Fujioka

Affiliation Laboratory of Pathophysiology and Signal Transduction, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Yusuke Ohba

Affiliation Laboratory of Pathophysiology and Signal Transduction, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Toshihiko Iwanaga

Affiliation Laboratory of Histology and Cytology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Masayuki Noguchi

m_noguch@igm.hokudai.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Cancer Biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN. Performed the experiments: MM-L FS NH MH KK TN YF YO TI. Analyzed the data: YO TI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YO TI. Wrote the paper: MN.