Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16K13055, 18H06420)
Article History
Received: 22 June 2020
Accepted: 11 November 2020
First Online: 30 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All animal experiments and care were conducted in accordance with the institutional guidelines, which follow the Fundamental Guidelines for Proper Conduct of Animal Experiments and Related Activities in Academic Research Institutions under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (Notice No. 71, 2006; Tokyo, Japan). The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan) approved all experimental procedures applied in the present study (Approval no. A071).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.