About the Authors
- Tomoyuki Igawa
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* E-mail: igawatmy@chugai-pharm.co.jp
Affiliation Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
- Atsuhiko Maeda
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Affiliation Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
- Kenta Haraya
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Affiliation Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
- Tatsuhiko Tachibana
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Affiliation Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
- Yuki Iwayanagi
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Affiliation Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
- Futa Mimoto
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Affiliation Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
- Yoshinobu Higuchi
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Affiliation Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
- Shinya Ishii
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Affiliation Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
- Shigero Tamba
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Affiliation Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
- Naoka Hironiwa
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Affiliation Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
- Kozue Nagano
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Affiliation Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
- Tetsuya Wakabayashi
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Affiliation Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
- Hiroyuki Tsunoda
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Affiliation Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
- Kunihiro Hattori
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Affiliation Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
Competing Interests
All authors are employees of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. T.I. and A.M. are inventors of the patents which claim pH-dependent binding antibody and sweeping antibody. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Provided direction and guidance: HT K. Hattori. Conceived and designed the experiments: TI. Performed the experiments: AM K. Haraya TT YI KN YH SI. Analyzed the data: K. Haraya TT YI FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NH ST TW. Wrote the paper: TI.