About the Authors

Choon Kit Tang

Affiliations Singapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science and Technology Research, Singapore, Malaria Immunology Laboratory, Immunology Frontier Research Centre (IFReC), Osaka University, Japan, Host Defense Laboratory, IFReC, Osaka University, Japan, Vaccine Science Laboratory, IFReC, Osaka University, Japan

Taiki Aoshi

Affiliations Vaccine Science Laboratory, IFReC, Osaka University, Japan, Laboratory of Adjuvant Innovation, NIBIO, Osaka, Japan

Nao Jounai

Affiliation Laboratory of Adjuvant Innovation, NIBIO, Osaka, Japan

Junichi Ito

Affiliation Laboratory of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation (NIBIO), Osaka, Japan

Keiichi Ohata

Affiliation Malaria Immunology Laboratory, Immunology Frontier Research Centre (IFReC), Osaka University, Japan

Kouji Kobiyama

Affiliations Vaccine Science Laboratory, IFReC, Osaka University, Japan, Laboratory of Adjuvant Innovation, NIBIO, Osaka, Japan

Benoit H. Dessailly

Affiliation Laboratory of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation (NIBIO), Osaka, Japan

Etsushi Kuroda

Affiliations Vaccine Science Laboratory, IFReC, Osaka University, Japan, Laboratory of Adjuvant Innovation, NIBIO, Osaka, Japan

Shizuo Akira

Affiliation Host Defense Laboratory, IFReC, Osaka University, Japan

Kenji Mizuguchi

Affiliation Laboratory of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation (NIBIO), Osaka, Japan

Cevayir Coban

Affiliation Malaria Immunology Laboratory, Immunology Frontier Research Centre (IFReC), Osaka University, Japan

Ken J. Ishii

kenishii@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Vaccine Science Laboratory, IFReC, Osaka University, Japan, Laboratory of Adjuvant Innovation, NIBIO, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CKT CC KJI. Performed the experiments: CKT JI NJ. Analyzed the data: CKT CC KJI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA KO KK BHD EK KM SA. Wrote the paper: CKT CC KJI.