About the Authors

Sachiko Onishi

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Endy Adnan

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Jun Ishizaki

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Tatsuhiko Miyazaki

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan

Yuki Tanaka

Affiliation Integrated Center for Sciences, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan

Takuya Matsumoto

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Koichiro Suemori

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Masachika Shudou

Affiliation Integrated Center for Sciences, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan

Takafumi Okura

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Hiroyuki Takeda

Affiliation Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan

Tatsuya Sawasaki

Affiliation Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan

Masaki Yasukawa

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Hitoshi Hasegawa

hitoshih@m.ehime-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Hitoshi Hasegawa. Performed the experiments: Sachiko Onishi, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Endy Adnan, Jun Ishizaki, Tatsuhiko Miyazaki, Yuki Tanaka, Takuya Matsumoto, Koichiro Suemori, Masachika Shudou. Analyzed the data: Sachiko Onishi, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Tatsuhiko Miyazaki, Yuki Tanaka. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Takafumi Okura, Hiroyuki Takeda, Tatsuya Sawasaki. Wrote the paper: Hitoshi Hasegawa, Sachiko Onishi, Masaki Yasukawa.