Takahashi, Youhei
Saito, Atsushi
Chiba, Hirofumi
Kuronuma, Koji
Ikeda, Kimiyuki
Kobayashi, Tomofumi
Ariki, Shigeru
Takahashi, Motoko
Sasaki, Yasushi
Takahashi, Hiroki
Funding for this research was provided by:
GlaxoSmithKline
Novartis Pharma
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP15K09181)
Article History
Received: 15 November 2017
Accepted: 8 February 2018
First Online: 27 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Sapporo Medical University Hospital’s ethics board (approval number, 292–35). All experiments using mice were conducted according to the regulations of the Sapporo Medical University Animal Care and Use Committee.
: Not applicable.
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