About the Authors

Kazumasa Sekihara

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Shimane, Japan, Department of Radiation Oncology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Shimane, Japan

Nanae Harashima

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Shimane, Japan

Miki Tongu

Affiliation Department of Experimental Animals, Center for Integrated Research in Science, Shimane University, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Yukihisa Tamaki

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Shimane, Japan

Nobue Uchida

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Tottori Prefectural Central Hospital, Tottori, Japan

Taisuke Inomata

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Shimane, Japan

Mamoru Harada

haramamo@med.shimane-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Shimane, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TI MH. Performed the experiments: KS NH MT. Analyzed the data: KS MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT NU. Wrote the paper: KS MH.