| Ho Namkoong | Keio University School of Medicine |
| Ryuya Edahiro | Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine |
| Katsushi Tokunaga | National Center for Global Health and Medicine |
| Seiya Imoto | Human Genome Center, the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo |
| Akinori Kimura | Institute of Research, Tokyo Medical and Dental University |
| Satoru Miyano | Tokyo Medical and Dental University |
| Seishi Ogawa | Kyoto University |