Okita, Riki http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1343-1275
Maeda, Ai
Shimizu, Katsuhiko
Nojima, Yuji
Saisho, Shinsuke
Nakata, Masao
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (25462189, 16K10696)
Kawasaki Medical School Project Grants (27-82, 28-105)
The Okayama Medical Foundation (no grant number)
Strategic Research Foundation Grant-aided Project for Private Universities from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science, and Technology (S1291010)
Article History
Received: 14 October 2016
Accepted: 8 March 2017
First Online: 25 March 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
: Our research was approved by the Kawasaki Medical School ethics committee (No. 1227-3).
: Dr. M. Nakata received research funding from Kyowa Kirin and Taiho Pharma for this study. The sponsors had no control over the interpretation, writing, or publication of this work. Dr. M. Nakata also received research funding from CSL Behring and Eli Lilly for research outside the scope of the submitted work. All other authors declare no conflicts of interest.