About the Authors

Jun-ichi Furusawa

Affiliation Department of Immunoregulation, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Izuru Mizoguchi

Affiliation Department of Immunoregulation, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Yukino Chiba

Affiliation Department of Immunoregulation, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Masayuki Hisada

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Fumie Kobayashi

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Kyorin University of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroki Yoshida

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

Susumu Nakae

Affiliation Laboratory of Systems Biology, Center for Experimental Medicine and Systems Biology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Akihiko Tsuchida

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuya Matsumoto

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Hideo Ema

Affiliation Department of Cell Differentiation, The Sakaguchi Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Junichiro Mizuguchi

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Takayuki Yoshimoto

yoshimot@tokyo-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Immunoregulation, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TY JF MH AT. Performed the experiments: JF IM YC TM HE JM. Analyzed the data: JF IM YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FK HY SN. Wrote the paper: TY JF. Directed the study: TY. Provided technical support and discussed results: MH HE TM AT JM.