Endo M
President, Hirosaki International Forum of Medical Science, Secretary General, Organizing Committee, The 4th Meeting of Hirosaki International Forum of Medical Science Dean, Hirosaki University School of Medicine

Nakamura S
Vice-President, Hirosaki University

Li YT, and Li SC
Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University School of Medici ne, New Orleans, LA, USA

Proia RL
Genetics of Development and Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institut es of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Wada R^{1, 2}, Tifft CJ^{2, 3}, and Proia RL^2
1Department of Pathology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, H irosaki, Japan ²Genetics of Development and Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institu tes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA, ³Department of Medical Gen etics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

Suzuki A¹, Omae F¹, Enomoto A¹, Yoshioka S¹, Sekine M2, Kikkawa Y2, Taya C2, Yonekawa H², Takenaka M³, Matsuoka Y³, Imai E ³, Izawa M⁴, and Kannagi R^4
1Sphingolipid Expression Laboratory, RIKEN Frontier Research System, Tokorozawa, ²Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, ³The First Department of Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine, Osaka, and ⁴Program of Experimental Pathology, Aichi Cancer Center, Aichi, Japan

Furukawa K¹, Sato T¹, Guo S^{1, 2}, and Shirane K^{1, 3
1}Department of Biosignal Research, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Pathology, Beijing Medical University, China, and ³ Nissin Flour Milling Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Yoshihara S, Ichinohe K, Shibata S, Toyoki Y, and Sasaki M
Second Department of Surgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Imai K, Hayashi T, Suwa T, Makiguchi Y, Itoh F, Hinoda Y, and Takahashi T
First Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical Universit y School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

Saitoh H, Tanaka H, Muramoto K, Kimura S, Kubo K, Kas ai M, Yoshida Y, and Munakata A
First Department of Internal Medicine, Hirosaki University Schoo l of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Brown MD
Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

Nakamura W, Yukawa M, Takeuchi K, and Harata S
Department of Orthopedics, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, H irosaki, Japan

Sawai T ^{1, 2}, Itano N ¹, Hamaguchi M ³, Miyaishi O ⁴, and Kimata K ¹
1Institute for Molecular Science of Medicine, Aichi Medical Univ ersity, ²Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, ³Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, Nagoya University School of Medicine, and ⁴Department of Basic Gerontology, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, Japan

Bhavanandan VP¹, Erickson DR², Herb N¹, Sheykhnazari M¹, and Ordille S^2
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA

Takagaki K, Kakizaki I, Iwafune M, Ishido K and Endo M
Department of Biochemistry, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Tanaka K, Higuchi T, Sato S, and Saito Y
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Harata S
Director, Hirosaki University Hospital, A Member of the Organizing Committee, The 4th Meeting of Hirosaki International Forum of Medical Science

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