About the Authors
- Yukio Hirayama
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Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Mamiko Yoshimura
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Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Yuriko Ozeki
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Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Osaka, Japan, Sonoda Women's University, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
- Isamu Sugawara
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Affiliation Mycobacterial Reference Center, The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan
- Tadashi Udagawa
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Affiliation Mycobacterial Reference Center, The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan
- Satoru Mizuno
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Affiliation Mycobacterial Reference Center, The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan
- Naoki Itano
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute on Aging and Adaptation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan
- Koji Kimata
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Affiliation Research Complex for the Medicine Frontiers, Aichi Medical University, Yazako, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
- Aki Tamaru
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Bacteriology Division, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka, Japan
- Hisashi Ogura
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Affiliation Department of Virology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Kazuo Kobayashi
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Affiliation Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Sohkichi Matsumoto
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* E-mail: sohkichi@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: Y. Hirayama, M. Yoshimura, S. Matsumoto. Performed the experiments: Y. Hirayama, M. Yoshimura, Y. Ozeki, I. Sugawara, T. Udagawa, S. Mizuno, A. Tamaru, S. Matsumoto. Analyzed the data: Y. Hirayama, M. Yoshimura, Y. Ozeki, I. Sugawara, T. Udagawa, S. Mizuno, K. Kobayashi, S. Matsumoto. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: N. Itano, K. Kimata. Wrote the paper: M. Yoshimura, I. Sugawara, H. Ogura, K. Kobayashi, S. Matsumoto.