About the Authors

Yoshiharu Ohoka

ookay@kph.bunri-u.ac.jp (YO); iwatam@kph.bunri-u.ac.jp (MI)

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunology, Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki-shi, Kagawa, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Aya Yokota-Nakatsuma

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunology, Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki-shi, Kagawa, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Naoko Maeda

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunology, Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki-shi, Kagawa, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Hajime Takeuchi

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunology, Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki-shi, Kagawa, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Makoto Iwata

ookay@kph.bunri-u.ac.jp (YO); iwatam@kph.bunri-u.ac.jp (MI)

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunology, Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki-shi, Kagawa, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YO MI. Performed the experiments: YO NM AY-N. Analyzed the data: YO AY-N HT NM MI. Wrote the paper: YO MI.