Maekawa, Satoshi
Takada, Shingo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7781-9482
Nambu, Hideo
Furihata, Takaaki
Kakutani, Naoya
Setoyama, Daiki
Ueyanagi, Yasushi
Kang, Dongchon
Sabe, Hisataka
Kinugawa, Shintaro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant-In-Aid for Scientific Research (JP17H04758)
Article History
Received: 26 May 2019
Accepted: 24 September 2019
First Online: 16 October 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All procedures and animal care were approved by our institutional animal research committee and conformed to the Animal Care Guidelines for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals at Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine. The procedures and care were also in accordance with relevant national and international guidelines and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals published by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Hokkaido University Hospital in accordance with the ethical principles described in the Declaration of Helsinki (2013 revised version), and written informed consent was obtained from all participating subjects.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest associated with this manuscript.