Takahashi, Yu
Nishimura, Tomohiro
Maruyama, Tetsuo
Tomi, Masatoshi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9829-8436
Nakashima, Emi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Suzuken Memorial Foundation
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15K15007)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15K08595, 26282028, 25560063)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan (1107)
Keio University
Takeda Science Foundation
Uehara Memorial Foundation
Nakatomi Foundation
Article History
Received: 14 November 2016
Accepted: 18 January 2017
First Online: 4 February 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Uncomplicated term human placental tissues were obtained with the approval of the Institutional Ethics Committee of Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy (120301-3) and Keio University School of Medicine (20110250). All procedures performed in studies involving animals were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution or practice at which the studies were conducted.
: This study was supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 15K15007, 15K08595, 26282028, and 25560063. It was also funded in part by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology-Supported Program for Strategic Research at Private Universities, the Food Safety Commission of Japan (Cabinet Office) (#1107), Keio Gijuku Academic Development Funds, Takeda Science Foundation, Suzuken Memorial Foundation, The Uehara Memorial Foundation, and the Nakatomi Foundation.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.