Ochi, Toshiki http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8440-6144
Maruta, Masaki
Tanimoto, Kazushi
Kondo, Fumitake
Yamamoto, Toshihiro
Kurata, Mie http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6596-2436
Fujiwara, Hiroshi
Masumoto, Junya http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0847-0456
Takenaka, Katsuto
Yasukawa, Masaki
Funding for this research was provided by:
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP16H07025, JP18H02839)
Uehara Memorial Foundation
Kanae Foundation for the Promotion of Medical Science
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
Article History
Received: 18 September 2020
Accepted: 3 February 2021
First Online: 2 March 2021
Competing interests
: Ehime University has filed a patent application related to this study (WO 2020/162452) on which T.O., H.F., K. Takenaka, and M.Y. are named as inventors. T.O. has ownership interest in Optieum Biotechnologies Inc.. None of the other authors have any conflicts of interest to disclose.