Sugiura, Daisuke https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3865-3889
Okazaki, Il-mi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8644-0100
Maeda, Takeo K.
Maruhashi, Takumi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2944-1611
Shimizu, Kenji https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4204-555X
Arakaki, Rieko
Takemoto, Tatsuya https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1860-0269
Ishimaru, Naozumi
Okazaki, Taku https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4790-1925
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP18am0301007, TO)
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP18H05417)
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP19H01029)
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP21K06526)
Naito Foundation
Joint Usage and Joint Research Programs by the Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences of Tokushima University
Article History
Received: 2 March 2021
Accepted: 20 December 2021
First Online: 10 February 2022
Competing interests
: D.S., T.K.M. and T.O. have a pending patent of an immunosuppressive method related to the immunoregulatory mechanism reported here (WO 2020/116636). T.O. received a research grant from Ono Pharmaceutical. The other authors declare no competing interests.