About the Authors

Emiko Noguchi

enoguchi@md.tsukuba.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Hiromi Sakamoto

Affiliation Division of Genetics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Tomomitsu Hirota

Affiliation Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Kaori Ochiai

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Yoshimasa Imoto

Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Departments of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Masafumi Sakashita

Affiliation Departments of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Fumitake Kurosaka

Affiliation Kurosaka Pediatrics and Allergy Clinic, Himji, Japan

Akira Akasawa

Affiliation Department of Allergy, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

Shigemi Yoshihara

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Noriko Kanno

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Yumi Yamada

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Naoki Shimojo

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Yoichi Kohno

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Yoichi Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Mi-Jin Kang

Affiliation Childhood Asthma Atopy Center, Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Ji-Won Kwon

Affiliation Childhood Asthma Atopy Center, Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Soo-Jong Hong

Affiliation Childhood Asthma Atopy Center, Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Ken Inoue

Affiliation Department of Mental Retardation and Birth Defect Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

Yu-ichi Goto

Affiliation Department of Mental Retardation and Birth Defect Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

Fumio Yamashita

Affiliations Department of Mental Retardation and Birth Defect Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Takashi Asada

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Hiroshi Hirose

Affiliation Health Center, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Ikuo Saito

Affiliation Health Center, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Shigeharu Fujieda

Affiliation Departments of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Nobuyuki Hizawa

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Toru Sakamoto

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Hironori Masuko

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Yusuke Nakamura

Affiliation Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Ichiro Nomura

Affiliation Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Mayumi Tamari

Affiliation Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Tadao Arinami

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Teruhiko Yoshida

Affiliation Division of Genetics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Hirohisa Saito

Affiliation Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Matsumoto

Affiliation Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: E Noguchi, K Matsumoto. Performed the experiments: S Yoshihara, S-J Hong, Y Goto, T Asada, S Fujieda, N Hizawa, Y Nakamura, M Tamari, T Arinami, T Yoshida, Y Suzuki, H Sakamoto. Analyzed the data: H Saito, T Hirota, K Ochiai, M Sakashita. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y Imoto, F Kurosaka, A Akasawa, N Shimojo, Y Kohno, N Kanno, Y Yamada, M-J Kang, J-W Kwon, F Yamashita, K Inoue, H Hirose, I Saito, T Sakamoto, H Masuko, I Nomura. Wrote the paper: E Noguchi, K Matsumoto.