About the Authors

Riki Okita

riki0716okita@yahoo.co.jp

Affiliations Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Immune and Gene Therapy Laboratory, Cancer Center Karolinska, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Diana Wolf

Affiliation Institute of Medical Immunology, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Koichiro Yasuda

Affiliation Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Ai Maeda

Affiliation Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Takuro Yukawa

Affiliation Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Shinsuke Saisho

Affiliation Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Katsuhiko Shimizu

Affiliation Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

Affiliation Department of Clinical Oncology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Mikio Oka

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Eiichi Nakayama

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

Andreas Lundqvist

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Pathology, Immune and Gene Therapy Laboratory, Cancer Center Karolinska, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Rolf Kiessling

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Pathology, Immune and Gene Therapy Laboratory, Cancer Center Karolinska, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Barbara Seliger

Affiliation Institute of Medical Immunology, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Masao Nakata

Affiliation Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: Dr. Masao Nakata has received research funding from Astra Zeneca for this study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RO KY AM TY SS KS RK BS MN. Performed the experiments: RO DW KY. Analyzed the data: RO DW KY BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RO YY MO EN AL RK BS MN. Wrote the paper: RO RK BS MN.