About the Authors

Mai Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women's University, Nara, Japan

Hirokazu Tanaka

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan

Akira Tanimura

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Kenji Tanabe

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

Natsuko Oe

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

Shinya Rai

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan

Syunsuke Kon

Affiliation Department of Molecular Immunology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Manabu Fukumoto

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Kohji Takei

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

Takaya Abe

Affiliation Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Itaru Matsumura

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan

Yuzuru Kanakura

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Toshio Watanabe

toshiwatana@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women's University, Nara, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TW MS HT K. Tanabe. Performed the experiments: MS HT AT K. Tanabe NO SR MF K. Takei TA IM TW. Analyzed the data: TW MS HT K. Tanabe. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK IM YK. Wrote the paper: MS TW HT YK.