About the Authors

Hajime Kashima

Affiliation Center for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan

Fumiyasu Momose

Affiliation Department of Immuno-Gene Therapy, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie 514-8507, Japan

Hiroshi Umehara

Affiliation Center for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan

Nao Miyoshi

Affiliation Center for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan

Naohisa Ogo

Affiliation Center for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan

Daisuke Muraoka

Affiliation Center for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan

Hiroshi Shiku

Affiliation Mie University Center for Comprehensive Cancer Immunotherapy, Mie 514-8507, Japan

Naozumi Harada

aasai@u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp (AA); nharada@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp (NH)

Affiliation Mie University Center for Comprehensive Cancer Immunotherapy, Mie 514-8507, Japan

Akira Asai

aasai@u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp (AA); nharada@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp (NH)

Affiliation Center for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK HS NH AA. Performed the experiments: HK FM HU NM DM. Analyzed the data: HK FM HU DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HK NM NO. Wrote the paper: HK NH AA.