About the Authors

Fumika Takasato

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Tokyo, Japan

Rimpei Morita

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Schichita

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Sekiya

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuhide Morikawa

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, International University Medical Welfare Hospital, Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan

Tatsuo Kuroda

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Masanori Niimi

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Akihiko Yoshimura

yoshimura@a6.keio.jp

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AY. Performed the experiments: FT RM. Analyzed the data: FT AY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: T. Shichita T. Sekiya YM TK MN. Wrote the paper: FT AY.