About the Authors

Shigenori Honda

shige@ncvc.go.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

Hiroko Shirotani-Ikejima

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

Seiji Tadokoro

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Yoshiaki Tomiyama

Affiliations Department of Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Department of Blood Transfusion, Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Toshiyuki Miyata

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH ST YT TM. Performed the experiments: SH HSI. Analyzed the data: SH HSI ST YT TM. Wrote the manuscript: SH YT TM.