About the Authors

Keisuke Tagawa

Affiliation Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Toyoki Yoshihara

Affiliation Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Toshio Shibata

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Kazuki Kitazaki

Affiliation Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Yuichi Endo

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Teizo Fujita

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Takumi Koshiba

Affiliations Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Shun-ichiro Kawabata

skawascb@kyudai.jp

Affiliations Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TF TK SK. Performed the experiments: KT TY TS KK YE. Analyzed the data: KT TY TS KK YE. Wrote the paper: KT SK.