Maekawa, Ryo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0923-376X
Mihara, Yumiko
Sato, Shun
Okada, Maki
Tamura, Isao
Shinagawa, Masahiro
Shirafuta, Yuichiro
Takagi, Haruka
Taketani, Toshiaki
Tamura, Hiroshi
Sugino, Norihiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (C16K11142, C16K11091, C18K09262, C17K11239, C18K09230, 18K16801, 18K16772)
Article History
Received: 18 November 2018
Accepted: 28 January 2019
First Online: 6 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine. Written informed consent was obtained from the participants before the collection of any samples, and the specimens were irreversibly de-identified. All experiments involving the handling of human tissues were performed in accordance with Tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Written informed consent for publication was obtained from the participants before the collection of any samples.
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