1. Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
2. Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
3. Institutional Research Office, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
4. Department of Medicine (Endocrinology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
5. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States