About the Authors
- Junji Yatsuda
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Contributed equally to this work with: Junji Yatsuda, Atsushi Irie
Affiliations Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Atsushi Irie
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Contributed equally to this work with: Junji Yatsuda, Atsushi Irie
Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Kumiko Harada
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Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Yayoi Michibata
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Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Hirotake Tsukamoto
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Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Satoru Senju
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Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Yusuke Tomita
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Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Akira Yuno
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Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Masatoshi Hirayama
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Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Mohammad Abu Sayem
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Affiliations Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh
- Naoki Takeda
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Affiliation Division of Transgenic Technology, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Isao Shibuya
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Affiliation Microbiological Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Tokushima, Japan
- Shinji Sogo
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Affiliation Microbiological Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Tokushima, Japan
- Fumihiro Fujiki
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Affiliation Department of Cancer Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
- Haruo Sugiyama
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Affiliation Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
- Masatoshi Eto
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
- Yasuharu Nishimura
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* E-mail: mxnishim@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Immunogenetics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
Competing Interests
IS and S. Sogo are current employees of Microbiological Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and that YN is supported by a funding from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JY AI YN. Performed the experiments: JY AI KH YM NT FF. Analyzed the data: JY AI HT S. Senju YN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT AY MH MAS IS S. Sogo HS ME. Wrote the manuscript: JY AI YN.