1 Department of Medical Science and Cardiorenal Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-Ku, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan.
2 Department of Medical Science and Cardiorenal Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-Ku, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan. ryukoba@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.
3 Department of Molecular Pathology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.