About the Authors

Masaki Takatsuka

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan

Mayuko Osada-Oka

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan

Eisuke F. Satoh

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan

Kengo Kitadokoro

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasakigosyokaidou-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Yukiko Nishiuchi

Affiliation Toneyama Institute for Tuberculosis Research, Osaka City University Medical School, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan

Mamiko Niki

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan

Masayasu Inoue

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan

Kazuhiro Iwai

Affiliation Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine and Cell Biology and Metabolism Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Tetsuo Arakawa

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan

Yoshihiro Shimoji

Affiliation National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Hisashi Ogura

Affiliation Department of Virology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan

Kazuo Kobayashi

Affiliation Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Anura Rambukkana

Affiliation Centers for Regenerative Medicine, Neuroregeneration, and Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sohkichi Matsumoto

sohkichi@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT MO-O MI KI TA HO K. Kobayashi AR SM. Performed the experiments: MT MO-O EFS K. Kitadokoro YN MYN YS SM. Analyzed the data: MT MO-O MI KI TA HO K. Kobayashi AR SM. Wrote the paper: MT MO-O EFS K. Kobayashi AR SM.