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Authors
Yamada, Katsuya
Sato, Daisuke
Nakamura, Takao
Amano, Hizuru
Morimoto, Yuji
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Science and Technology Agency (A-step, Intellectual Property Utilization Promotion Highway Support, Collaborative Research Based on Industrial Demand, Comprehensive Support Programs for Creation of Regional Innovation)
Hirosaki University (Grant for Priority Research Designated by the President, Grant for Hirosaki University Institutional Research, Hirosaki University GOGO Fund)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (11877005), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (20019003, 20056001),)
Opto-Science and Technology (Research Foundation)
Japan Science and Technology Agency (23500539, 16K12864)
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Article History
Received: 4 December 2016
Accepted: 17 May 2017
First Online: 30 May 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: One of the authors (K.Y.) declares the following competing financial interest(s): The author received grants from the Japanese government for developing potential cancer diagnostic agents, including Science and Technology Incubation Program in Advanced Regions, Collaborative Research Based on Industrial Demand, and A-STEP from JST, and is an applicant for multiple patents including WO2012/133688 with Peptide Institute, Inc. The author assigned ownership of the patent to Hirosaki University. The other authors (D.S., T.N., H.A., Y.M.) declare that they have no competing interests.
: In a part of this study (Section I), all animal studies were performed in accordance with and approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were approved by the Committee of Medical Ethics of Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine and were in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments. In another part of this study (Section III), all of the experimental procedures were approved by the Yamagata University Animal Research Committee and conformed to the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals issued by the National Institutes of Health.
: A part of this study (Section I) was funded by research funds from Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (11877005), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (20019003, 20056001), Research Foundation of Opto-Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Comprehensive Support Programs for Creation of Regional Innovation, JST Intellectual Property Utilization Promotion Highway Support, JST A-STEP, JST Collaborative Research Based on Industrial Demand, Grant for Priority Research Designated by the President of Hirosaki University, Grant for Hirosaki University Institutional Research, and Hirosaki University GOGO Fund. A part of this study (Section III) was supported financially in part by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 23500539 [Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)] and 16K12864 (Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research).
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