Ishimaru, Yoshiro
Kozuka, Chisayo
Nakajima, Kenichiro
Sasaki, Tsutomu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
LOTTE Foundation
ANDO Foundation
Council for Science, Technology and Innovation
Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program
Japan Foundation for Applied Enzymology, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
Project for formation of life science network (Pharmaceutical field) and the Promotion Project of Medical Clustering of Okinawa prefecture
Grant from the Okinawa Prefecture for Promotion of Advanced Medicine
Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation
Technologies for Creating Next-Generation Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Lotte Shigemitsu Prize
The Foundation for Dietary Scientific Research
Sanofi Japan
Article History
Received: 18 September 2016
Accepted: 30 September 2016
First Online: 11 October 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
: This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 16H04919, a grant from the LOTTE Foundation, and a grant from the ANDO Foundation to Y. I. This work was also supported in part by Grants-in-Aid from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS; KAKENHI Grant Numbers 15K19520 and 24591338), Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI), Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP), “Technologies for creating next-generation agriculture, forestry and fisheries”, LOTTE Foundation, Japan Foundation for Applied Enzymology, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Project for formation of life science network (Pharmaceutical field) and the Promotion Project of Medical Clustering of Okinawa prefecture, Grant from the Okinawa Prefecture for Promotion of Advanced Medicine to C. K. This work was also partially supported by the Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation (CSTI, Japan), Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP), Technologies for Creating Next-Generation Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Lotte Shigemitsu Prize to K. N. This work also was supported by grants from The Foundation for Dietary Scientific Research and Sanofi Japan to T. S.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed by each author in his/her affiliated institution.
: All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to disclose.