Funding for this research was provided by:
Pancreas Research Foundation of Japan
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI (24790226))
Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation
Research grant D2 from Kansai Medical University
Article History
Received: 19 October 2017
Revised: 10 January 2018
Accepted: 23 January 2018
First Online: 4 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: 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.