About the Authors

Satoru Yamasaki

Affiliation Laboratory for Cytokine Signaling, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Aiko Hasegawa

Affiliation Laboratory for Cytokine Signaling, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Shintaro Hojyo

Affiliation Laboratory for Cytokine Signaling, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Wakana Ohashi

Affiliation Laboratory for Cytokine Signaling, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Toshiyuki Fukada

Affiliations Laboratory for Cytokine Signaling, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Allergy and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Keigo Nishida

Affiliations Laboratory for Cytokine Signaling, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Laboratory of Immune System, Cooperation Program, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Toshio Hirano

hirano@molonc.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Laboratory for Cytokine Signaling, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI), Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, JST-CREST Program of the Japan Science and Technology Agency, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SY KN TH. Performed the experiments: SY AH. Analyzed the data: SY AH KN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH WO TF. Wrote the paper: SY KN TH.