About the Authors
- Yukiko Kuroda
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Affiliation Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Kenta Maruyama
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Affiliation Laboratory of Host Defense, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Hideki Fujii
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Affiliation Department of Immunology Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
- Isamu Sugawara
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Affiliation Mycobacterial Reference Center, The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
- Shigeru B. H. Ko
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Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine, The Sakaguchi Laboratory, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Hisataka Yasuda
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Affiliation Nagahama Institute for Biochemical Science, Oriental Yeast Co., Shiga, Japan
- Hidenori Matsui
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Affiliation Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences and Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
- Koichi Matsuo
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* E-mail: kmatsuo@keio.jp
Affiliation Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests to declare: Hisataka Yasuda is employed by the Oriental Yeast Co. This did not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YK K. Maruyama HY K. Matsuo. Performed the experiments: YK K. Maruyama HF IS HM. Analyzed the data: YK K. Matsuo. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK. Wrote the paper: YK K. Matsuo.