About the Authors

Masahiro Kimura

Contributed equally to this work with: Masahiro Kimura, Satoshi Wakita, Kotarou Ishikawa

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0015, Japan

Satoshi Wakita

Contributed equally to this work with: Masahiro Kimura, Satoshi Wakita, Kotarou Ishikawa

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0015, Japan

Kotarou Ishikawa

Contributed equally to this work with: Masahiro Kimura, Satoshi Wakita, Kotarou Ishikawa

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0015, Japan

Kazutaka Sekine

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0015, Japan

Satoshi Yoshikawa

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0015, Japan

Akira Sato

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0015, Japan

Kazuaki Okawa

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0015, Japan

Akinori Kashimura

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0015, Japan

Masayoshi Sakaguchi

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0015, Japan

Yasusato Sugahara

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0015, Japan

Daisuke Yamanaka

Affiliation Laboratory for Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0392, Japan

Naohito Ohno

Affiliation Laboratory for Immunopharmacology of Microbial Products, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0392, Japan

Peter O Bauer

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, United States of America

Fumitaka Oyama

f-oyama@cc.kogakuin.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192–0015, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK SW MS YS POB FO. Performed the experiments: MK SW KI KS SY AS AK KO MS FO. Analyzed the data: MK SW DY NO POB FO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK SW KI KS SY AS AK KO. Wrote the paper: MK MS POB FO. Contributed to the critical appraisal of the paper and approved the final version: MK SW KI KS SY AS AK KO MS YS DY NO POB FO.