About the Authors

Takuo Hayashi

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Tsuyoshi Saito

tysaitou@juntendo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Tsutomu Fujimura

Affiliation Division of Proteomics and Biomolecular Science, BioMedical Research Center, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kieko Hara

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuya Takamochi

Affiliation Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Keiko Mitani

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Reiko Mineki

Affiliation Division of Proteomics and Biomolecular Science, BioMedical Research Center, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Saiko Kazuno

Affiliation Division of Proteomics and Biomolecular Science, BioMedical Research Center, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shiaki Oh

Affiliation Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Ueno

Affiliation Division of Proteomics and Biomolecular Science, BioMedical Research Center, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Suzuki

Affiliation Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Yao

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TH TS. Performed the experiments: TH KM RM TF SK TU. Analyzed the data: TH TS KH KT SO KS RM TF SK TU TY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT SO KS. Wrote the paper: TH TS TF.