About the Authors

Chieko Ishifune

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

Shin-ichi Tsukumo

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan, Department of Interdisciplinary Researches for Medicine and Photonics, Institute of Post-LED Photonics, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

Yoichi Maekawa

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Department of Parasitology and Infectious Diseases, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan, Center for Highly Advanced Integration of Nano and Life Sciences (G-CHAIN), Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

Katsuto Hozumi

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Doo Hyun Chung

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Chihiro Motozono

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Molecular Immunology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Sho Yamasaki

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliations Department of Molecular Immunology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, Department of Molecular Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Hiroyasu Nakano

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan

Koji Yasutomo

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

yasutomo@tokushima-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan, Department of Interdisciplinary Researches for Medicine and Photonics, Institute of Post-LED Photonics, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan, The Research Cluster program on Immunological diseases, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.