About the Authors

Kumiko Taira

VFG03077@nifty.com

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Medical Center East, Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan

Kazutoshi Fujioka

Affiliation Hawaii Institute of Molecular Education, Aiea, Hawaii, United States of America

Yoshiko Aoyama

Affiliation Aoyama Allergy Clinic, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT. Performed the experiments: KT YA KF. Analyzed the data: KT KF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT YA KF. Wrote the manuscript: KT KF.