About the Authors

Naoki Osada

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Emerging Medicine for Integrated Therapeutics (EMIT), Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Jiro Kikuchi

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kiku-j@jichi.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Emerging Medicine for Integrated Therapeutics (EMIT), Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Yosuke Okada

Roles Resources

Affiliations Division of Emerging Medicine for Integrated Therapeutics (EMIT), Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan, Division of Hematology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

Sae Matsuoka

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Division of Emerging Medicine for Integrated Therapeutics (EMIT), Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Kazuhiro Morishita

Roles Resources

Affiliations HTLV-1/ATL Research, Education and Medical Facility, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, Project for Advanced Medical Research and Development, Project Research Division, Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

Hideki Nakasone

Roles Resources

Affiliations Division of Emerging Medicine for Integrated Therapeutics (EMIT), Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan, Division of Hematology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

Yusuke Furukawa

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Division of Emerging Medicine for Integrated Therapeutics (EMIT), Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan, Center for Medical Education, Teikyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

Yusuke Furukawa received research funding from SymBio Pharmaceuticals Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Other authors have no conflict of interest.