About the Authors

Yuko Goto-Koshino

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuko Goto-Koshino, Yumi Fukuchi, Fumi Shibata

Affiliation Division of Cellular Therapy, Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yumi Fukuchi

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuko Goto-Koshino, Yumi Fukuchi, Fumi Shibata

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Fumi Shibata

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuko Goto-Koshino, Yumi Fukuchi, Fumi Shibata

Affiliation Division of Cellular Therapy, Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Daichi Abe

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kana Kuroda

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shinichiro Okamoto

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Toshio Kitamura

Affiliation Division of Cellular Therapy, Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Hideaki Nakajima

hnakajim@z2.keio.jp

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HN. Performed the experiments: YG-K YF FS DA KK. Analyzed the data: HN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK SO. Wrote the paper: HN.