About the Authors

Fumitaka Kawakami

kawakami@kitasato-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan

Takatoshi Yabata

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan

Etsuro Ohta

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan

Tatsunori Maekawa

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan

Naoki Shimada

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan

Minori Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan

Hiroko Maruyama

Affiliation Laboratory of Cytopathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan

Takafumi Ichikawa

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan

Fumiya Obata

Affiliations Department of Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan, Research and Development Center for Cell Design, Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Cell Design, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FK TI FO. Performed the experiments: FK TY EO TM NS MS. Analyzed the data: HM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EO. Wrote the paper: FK FO.