About the Authors

Yukio Yamamoto

Current address: Medical Top Track Program, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Rick Moore

Affiliation Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Richard A. Flavell

Affiliation Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Binfeng Lu

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Masahiko Negishi

negishi@niehs.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YY MN. Performed the experiments: YY RM. Analyzed the data: YY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAF BL. Wrote the paper: YY MN.