About the Authors

Yuimi Matsuoka

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

yuimi@lymphogenix.com (YM), takahiro@lymphogenix.com (TI)

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, Research & Development Department, LYMPHOGENiX Ltd, Covent Garden, London, England, United Kingdom

Yuuki Shimizu

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Koji Sakamoto

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Makoto Matsuyama

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine,

Toyoaki Murohara

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Takahiro Iwamiya

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

yuimi@lymphogenix.com (YM), takahiro@lymphogenix.com (TI)

Affiliations Research & Development Department, LYMPHOGENiX Ltd, Covent Garden, London, England, United Kingdom, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: YM and TI are employed by/affiliated with LYMPHOGENiX Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. These revisions clarify that LYMPHOGENiX Ltd. provided financial support through a collaborative research agreement, including salaries for authors YM and TI, while the research was conducted independently at Nagoya University. We confirm full adherence to PLOS ONE data and materials sharing policies.