Matsumoto, Yasuhiko
Ishii, Masaki
Hasegawa, Setsuo
Sekimizu, Kazuhisa
Funding for this research was provided by:
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP17K08288, JP15H05783)
Suzuken Memorial Foundation (15-081)
Yakult Bio-Science Foundation, Takeda Science Foundation
Supporting Industry Program by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Genome Pharmaceuticals Institute Co., Ltd
Article History
Received: 24 May 2018
Accepted: 25 March 2019
First Online: 2 May 2019
Competing interests
: Y.M. and K.S. are inventors on patent PCT/JP2016/79218, which has been filed as a method using the silkworm system for identifying lactic acid bacteria that may suppress sucrose-induced hyperglycemia. S.H. is representative director of Pharmaspur Inc. (Tokyo, Japan). K.S. has an advisory role in Genome Pharmaceuticals Institute Co., Ltd (Tokyo, Japan). M.I. declares no competing interests.