About the Authors

Zhongshuang Hu

Affiliation Department of Host Defense and Biochemical Research, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Taisuke Murakami

Affiliation Department of Host Defense and Biochemical Research, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kaori Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Host Defense and Biochemical Research, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Tamura

Affiliation Department of Host Defense and Biochemical Research, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Toshiaki Iba

Affiliation Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Isao Nagaoka

nagaokai@juntendo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Host Defense and Biochemical Research, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZH TM IN. Performed the experiments: ZH. Analyzed the data: ZH IN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZH. Wrote the paper: ZH IN. Discussion: KS HT KKA TI.