About the Authors

Tomoya Kurokawa

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Chiba, Japan, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Tomohisa Iinuma

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Haruna Ebisu

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Tomoha Yanagidaira

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Yosuke Inaba

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Tadami Fujiwara

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Yoko Hattori

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Tominaga Fukazawa

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Laboratory for Developmental Genetics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Takahiro Aoki

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Laboratory for Developmental Genetics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Medical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Haruhiko Koseki

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory for Developmental Genetics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Hideki Hanaoka

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Toyoyuki Hanazawa

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Shinichiro Motohashi

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

motohashi@faculty.chiba-u.jp

Affiliation Department of Medical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Competing Interests

Regarding COIs, H. Koseki and S. Motohashi received grants from BrightPath Biotherapeutics Co., Ltd. All other authors declare that they have no relevant conflicts of interest. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.