Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (16K16606, 20302614)
Article History
Received: 2 November 2017
Accepted: 3 April 2018
First Online: 10 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All research was conducted according to the Regulations for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of Kitasato University. The animal experimentation protocol was approved by the President of Kitasato University based on the judgment made by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Kitasato University (Approval ID: No. 15–167).
: The authors declare no competing interests.
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