About the Authors

Yoshihisa Yamano

Contributed equally to this work with: Yoshihisa Yamano, Natsumi Araya

yyamano@marianna-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medical Science, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Natsumi Araya

Contributed equally to this work with: Yoshihisa Yamano, Natsumi Araya

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medical Science, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Tomoo Sato

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medical Science, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Atae Utsunomiya

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Imamura Bun-in Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan

Kazuko Azakami

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medical Science, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Daisuke Hasegawa

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medical Science, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Toshihiko Izumi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medical Science, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Hidetoshi Fujita

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medical Science, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Satoko Aratani

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medical Science, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Naoko Yagishita

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medical Science, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Ryoji Fujii

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medical Science, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Kusuki Nishioka

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medical Science, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Steven Jacobson

Affiliation Viral Immunology Section, Neuroimmunology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Toshihiro Nakajima

Affiliation Department of Genome Science, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YY NA. Performed the experiments: YY NA. Analyzed the data: YY NA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY NA TS AU KA DH TI HF SA NY RF. Wrote the paper: YY NA KN SJ TN. Reviewed and edited the manuscript: KN SJ TN.