About the Authors

Yasunori Uemura

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

yasunori.uemura@kyowa-kirin.co.jp

Affiliation Immunology & Allergy R&D Unit, R&D Division, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Nagaizumi-cho, Shizuoka, Japan

Kenji Hagiwara

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Innovative Technology Labs, Research Functions Unit, R&D Division, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Machida, Tokyo, Japan

Katsuya Kobayashi

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Immunology & Allergy R&D Unit, R&D Division, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Nagaizumi-cho, Shizuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors declare the following interests: YU, KH, and KK are affiliated with the commercial company, Kyowa Hakko Kirin. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.