About the Authors

Ryuta Uraki

Affiliation Department of Molecular Immunology, School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Akikazu Sakudo

Affiliation Laboratory of Biometabolic Chemistry, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan

Kosuke Michibata

Affiliation Department of Molecular Immunology, School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuhisa Ano

Affiliation Department of Molecular Immunology, School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Jyuri Kono

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

Masayoshi Yukawa

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

Takashi Onodera

aonoder@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Immunology, School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RU AS JK MY TO. Performed the experiments: RU KM YA JK. Analyzed the data: RU AS KM TO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RU AS JK MY TO. Wrote the paper: RU AS TO.