About the Authors
- Kengo Yamawaki
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kengo Yamawaki, Shinobu Ueda
* E-mail: kengo.yamawaki@kyowa-kirin.co.jp (KY); ktomizuka@kyowa-kirin-ca.com (KT)
Affiliation Biologics Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd, Machida-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Shinobu Ueda
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kengo Yamawaki, Shinobu Ueda
Affiliation Comprehensive Research Organization, Institute for Innovation Design, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Tsutomu Okada
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Affiliation Biologics Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd, Machida-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Takeshi Oshima
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Affiliation Biologics Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd, Machida-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Makoto Kakitani
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Affiliation Biologics Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd, Machida-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Takashi Kato
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Affiliation Department of Biology, School of Education, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Kazuma Tomizuka
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* E-mail: kengo.yamawaki@kyowa-kirin.co.jp (KY); ktomizuka@kyowa-kirin-ca.com (KT)
Affiliation Kyowa Hakko Kirin California, Inc., La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests. Financial support for this study was provided by Kyowa-Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd., the employer of Kengo Yamawaki, Tsutomu Okada, Takeshi Oshima, Makoto Kakitani and Kazuma Tomizuka. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SU MK TK KT. Performed the experiments: KY SU T. Okada T. Oshima. Analyzed the data: KY SU T. Okada T. Oshima MK TK KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KY SU T. Okada T. Oshima MK TK KT. Wrote the manuscript: KY SU.