About the Authors

Eriko Fujita

Affiliations Center for Medical Science, International University of Health and Welfare, Kitakanemaru, Ohtawara, Tochigi, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsukeshi, Tochigi, Japan

Yuko Tanabe

Affiliation Center for Medical Science, International University of Health and Welfare, Kitakanemaru, Ohtawara, Tochigi, Japan

Beat A. Imhof

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Centre Médical Universitaire, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Mariko Y. Momoi

momoi@iuhw.ac.jp (TM); mymomoi@jichi.ac.jp (MM)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsukeshi, Tochigi, Japan

Takashi Momoi

momoi@iuhw.ac.jp (TM); mymomoi@jichi.ac.jp (MM)

Affiliation Center for Medical Science, International University of Health and Welfare, Kitakanemaru, Ohtawara, Tochigi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TM MYM BI. Performed the experiments: EF YT. Analyzed the data: EF TM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EF TM. Wrote the paper: EF BI TM.