About the Authors

Shinya Rai

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Hirokazu Tanaka

htanaka@med.kindai.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Mai Suzuki

Affiliations Division of Hematological Malignancy, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan

Honami Ogoh

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan

Yasuhiro Taniguchi

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Yasuyoshi Morita

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Takahiro Shimada

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Akira Tanimura

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Keiko Matsui

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Takafumi Yokota

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Kenji Oritani

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Kenji Tanabe

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Toshio Watanabe

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan

Yuzuru Kanakura

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Itaru Matsumura

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR HT TW YK IM. Performed the experiments: SR HT YT MS HO AT KM KT. Analyzed the data: SR HT MS TW IM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM TS TY KO YK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SR HT TW IM.