About the Authors

Fadile Yildiz Zeyrek

Affiliations Laboratory of Malaria Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, Department of Microbiology, Harran University School of Medicine, Sanliurfa, Turkey

Nirianne Palacpac

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

Fehmi Yuksel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Harran University School of Medicine, Sanliurfa, Turkey

Masanori Yagi

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

Kaori Honjo

Affiliation Global Collaboration Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Yukiko Fujita

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Nobuko Arisue

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

Satoru Takeo

Affiliation Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan

Kazuyuki Tanabe

Affiliation Laboratory of Malariology, International Research Center of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Toshihiro Horii

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

Takafumi Tsuboi

Affiliation Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan

Ken J. Ishii

Affiliation Laboratory of Vaccine Science, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Cevayir Coban

ccoban@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FYZ NP KT TH TT KJI CC. Performed the experiments: FYZ YF NP MY ST CC. Analyzed the data: FYZ CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FY MY NA KH ST KT TH. Wrote the paper: FYZ NP MY TT KJI CC.