1. Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nara, Japan
2. Department of Medical Physiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
3. Human Life Science R&D Center, Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
4. Division of Vascular Surgery, Second Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan