About the Authors

Manami Miyai

Affiliation Department of Immunotherapeutics, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Shingo Eikawa

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Akihiro Hosoi

Affiliation Department of Immunotherapeutics, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Tamaki Iino

Affiliation Department of Immunotherapeutics, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Hirokazu Matsushita

Affiliation Department of Immunotherapeutics, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Midori Isobe

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Welfare, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

Akiko Uenaka

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Welfare, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

Heiichiro Udono

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Jun Nakajima

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Eiichi Nakayama

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Welfare, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

Kazuhiro Kakimi

kakimi@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Immunotherapeutics, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EN KK. Performed the experiments: SE AH TI HM MI AU. Analyzed the data: MM HU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JN. Wrote the paper: MM KK.