About the Authors

Ayako Demachi-Okamura

ademachi@aichi-cc.jp (ADO); kkuzushi@aichi-cc.jp (KK)

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan

Hiroki Torikai

Affiliation Department of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yoshiki Akatsuka

Affiliations Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan

Hiroyuki Miyoshi

Affiliation Subteam for Manipulation of Cell Fate, RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba, Japan

Tamotsu Yoshimori

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Kiyotaka Kuzushima

ademachi@aichi-cc.jp (ADO); kkuzushi@aichi-cc.jp (KK)

Affiliations Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan, Department of Cellular Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ADO KK. Performed the experiments: ADO. Analyzed the data: ADO KK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HT YA HM TY. Wrote the paper: ADO KK.