About the Authors

Wakako Nakanishi

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Sachiko Yamaguchi

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

Akira Matsuda

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Maho Suzukawa

Affiliations Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, National Hospital Organization, Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Akiko Shibui

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

Aya Nambu

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

Kenji Kondo

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Hajime Suto

Affiliation Atopy (Allergy) Research Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hirohisa Saito

Affiliation Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Matsumoto

Affiliation Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Tatuya Yamasoba

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Susumu Nakae

snakae@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliations Laboratory of Systems Biology, Center for Experimental Medicine and Systems Biology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WN SN. Performed the experiments: WN SY AM MS AS AN. Analyzed the data: WN AM MS SN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK H. Suto H. Saito KM TY. Wrote the paper: WN SN.