About the Authors

Midori Ando

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

Yasuharu Sato

satou-y@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

Katsuyoshi Takata

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

Junko Nomoto

Affiliation Hematology Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Shigeo Nakamura

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Koichi Ohshima

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

Tamotsu Takeuchi

Affiliation Department of Immunopathology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

Yorihisa Orita

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science, Okayama, Japan

Yukio Kobayashi

Affiliation Hematology Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Tadashi Yoshino

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YS MA YK TY. Performed the experiments: MA. Analyzed the data: MA YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT JN SN KO TT YO YK TY. Wrote the paper: MA.