About the Authors

Fei Xing

Affiliation Department of Vascular Biology, Institute of Brain Science, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Tomoh Matsumiya

tomo1027@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Vascular Biology, Institute of Brain Science, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Koji Onomoto

Affiliation Division of Molecular Immunology, Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Ryo Hayakari

Affiliation Department of Vascular Biology, Institute of Brain Science, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Tadaatsu Imaizumi

Affiliation Department of Vascular Biology, Institute of Brain Science, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Hidemi Yoshida

Affiliation Department of Vascular Biology, Institute of Brain Science, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Mitsutoshi Yoneyama

Affiliation Division of Molecular Immunology, Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Takashi Fujita

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Kei Satoh

Affiliation Department of Vascular Biology, Institute of Brain Science, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TM KS TF. Performed the experiments: FX RH HY KO. Analyzed the data: TM TI MY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FX TM HY. Wrote the paper: FX TM.