About the Authors

Yuki Ito

Current address: Division of Pathology, Proteo-Science Research Center, Ehime University, To On, Ehime, Japan

Affiliation Cancer Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jose Luis Vela

Current address: Department of Pathological Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Affiliation La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Fumiko Matsumura

Affiliation Cancer Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Hitomi Hoshino

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Aaron Tyznik

Affiliation La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Heeseob Lee

Current address: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Affiliation Cancer Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Enrico Girardi

Affiliation La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Dirk M. Zajonc

Affiliation La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Robert Liddington

Affiliation Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Motohiro Kobayashi

Current address: Department of Pathological Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Xingfeng Bao

Affiliation Cancer Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jeanna Bugaytsova

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Thomas Borén

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Rongsheng Jin

Affiliation Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Yinong Zong

Affiliation Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Peter H. Seeberger

Affiliation Cancer Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jun Nakayama

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

Mitchell Kronenberg

Affiliation La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Minoru Fukuda

minoru@sanfordburnham.org

Affiliation Cancer Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YI MF. Performed the experiments: YI JLV FM HH AT HL EG DMZ RL M. Kobayashi JB YZ JN. Analyzed the data: YI AT M. Kobayashi TB RJ PHS JN M. Kronenberg MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FM HL XB. Wrote the paper: YI FM RJ MF.