Nakama, T
Yoshida, S
Ishikawa, K
Kobayashi, Y
Zhou, Y
Nakao, S
Sassa, Y http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3782-5351
Oshima, Y
Takao, K
Shimahara, A
Yoshikawa, K http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-8169
Hamasaki, T
Ohgi, T
Hayashi, H
Matsuda, A
Kudo, A
Nozaki, M
Ogura, Y
Kuroda, M
Ishibashi, T
Article History
Received: 13 May 2014
Revised: 23 September 2014
Accepted: 24 October 2014
First Online: 11 December 2014
Competing interests
: The patent on periostin (WPO Patent WO/2013/147140) became public, and in these patents, the names of TN, SY, KI, TH, TO and TI are included.This work was supported in part by A-STEP (Adaptable & Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-driven R&D) governed by Japan Science and Technology Agency.SY is supported by JSPS 26293374.KT, AS and KY are employees of AQUA Therapeutics and hold equity.TH, TO and HH are employees of BONAC Corporation and hold equity.The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.