About the Authors

Kunihiko Moriya

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Makiko Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Yohei Watanabe

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Takeshi Takahashi

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Japan

Yoko Aoki

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Toru Uchiyama

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Satoru Kumaki

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Yoji Sasahara

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Masayoshi Minegishi

Affiliation Division of Blood Transfusion, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan

Shigeo Kure

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Shigeru Tsuchiya

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Kazuo Sugamura

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Japan

Naoto Ishii

ishiin@med.tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NI KM SK ST KS. Performed the experiments: KM MS YW TT. Analyzed the data: TU YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YA SK MM. Wrote the paper: NI KM.