About the Authors

Hiroyasu Hozumi

Affiliation Laboratory for Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Rui Tada

Affiliation Laboratory for Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Taisuke Murakami

Affiliation Laboratory for Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshiyuki Adachi

adachiyo@toyaku.ac.jp

Affiliation Laboratory for Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Naohito Ohno

Affiliation Laboratory for Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HH RT TM YA NO. Performed the experiments: HH YA. Analyzed the data: HH RT YA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH RT TM YA NO. Wrote the paper: HH RT YA.