About the Authors

Yukiko Kuroda

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kenta Maruyama

Affiliation Laboratory of Host Defense, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Hideki Fujii

Affiliation Department of Immunology Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Isamu Sugawara

Affiliation Mycobacterial Reference Center, The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan

Shigeru B. H. Ko

Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine, The Sakaguchi Laboratory, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hisataka Yasuda

Affiliation Nagahama Institute for Biochemical Science, Oriental Yeast Co., Shiga, Japan

Hidenori Matsui

Affiliation Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences and Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan

Koichi Matsuo

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.