About the Authors

Nao Nishida

nishida-75@umin.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, Japan

Yoriko Mawatari

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, Japan

Megumi Sageshima

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Katsushi Tokunaga

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NN KT. Performed the experiments: YM MS. Analyzed the data: NN YM MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NN YM MS. Wrote the paper: NN KT.