About the Authors

Hikari Ukai

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Aiko Kawahara

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Keiko Hirayama

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Matthew Julian Case

Affiliation Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria

Shotaro Aino

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Masahiro Miyabe

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Ken Wakita

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Ryohei Oogi

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Michiyo Kasayuki

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Shihomi Kawashima

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Shunichi Sugimoto

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Kanako Chikamatsu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Noritaka Nitta

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Tsuneyuki Koga

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Ryuichi Shigemoto

Affiliation Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria

Toshiyuki Takai

Affiliation Department of Experimental Immunology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Isao Ito

isitoscb@kyushu-u.org

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: II. Data curation: HU KW TK. Formal analysis: HU AK KH MC SA MM KW RO MK SK SS KC NN TK. Funding acquisition: II. Investigation: HU AK KH MC SA MM KW RO MK SK SS KC NN TK. Methodology: II RS. Project administration: II. Resources: II TT. Supervision: II. Validation: II. Visualization: II TK. Writing – original draft: II TK TT RS.