Mimako Nakano,¹ Mayumi Nishimura,² Kanya Hamasaki,¹ Shuji Mishima,¹ Mitsuaki Yoshida,³ Akifumi Nakata,³ Yoshiya Shimada,² Asao Noda,¹ Nori Nakamura,¹ Yoshiaki Kodama<sup>1,*

1</sup>aDepartment of Genetics, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, 5-2 Hijiyama Park, Miami-ku, Hiroshi
²bRadiobiology for Children's Health Research Program, Research Center for Radiation Protection, Nati
³cDepartment of Radiation Biology, Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hi

^* Address for correspondence: Department of Genetics, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, 5-2 Hijiyama Park, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 732-0815, Japan; e-mail: ykodama@rerf.or.jp.