1. Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism and Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
2. Yutaka Seino Distinguished Center for Diabetes Research, Kansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute, Kobe, Japan
3. Division of Molecular and Metabolic Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
4. Center for Healthcare Information Technology, Tokai National Higher Education and Research System, Nagoya, Japan
5. Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan
6. Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim, Germany
7. President, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan