About the Authors

Yoshie Kametani

y-kametn@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan, Institute of Advanced Biosciences, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan

Shino Ohshima

Affiliation Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Asuka Miyamoto

Affiliation Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Atsuko Shigenari

Affiliation Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Masaki Takasu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

Noriaki Imaeda

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

Tatsuya Matsubara

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

Masafumi Tanaka

Affiliation Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Takashi Shiina

Affiliation Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Hiroshi Kamiguchi

Affiliation Teaching and Research Support Center, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan

Ryuji Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara National Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Hitoshi Kitagawa

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

Jerzy K. Kulski

Affiliations Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley WA, Australia

Noriaki Hirayama

Affiliation Institute of Glycoscience, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Hidetoshi Inoko

Affiliation Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Asako Ando

Affiliation Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: YK H. Kitagawa AA. Formal analysis: NH. Funding acquisition: YK AA H. Kitagawa. Investigation: YK SO AM AS. Methodology: YK M. Tanaka H. Kamiguchi RS. Resources: M. Takasu NI TM H. Kitagawa. Software: NH. Supervision: AA. Validation: YK TS. Visualization: SO. Writing – original draft: YK. Writing – review & editing: HI JKK.