Tomomitsu Hirota1, Tsuguhisa Nakayama1, Sakura Sato2, Noriyuki Yanagida2, Teruaki Matsui3, Shiro Sugiura3, Yuri Takaoka4, Nobuyuki Hizawa5, Shigeharu Fujieda6, Akihiko Miyatake7, Takashi Sasaki8, Masayuki Amagai8, Satoru Doi4, Komei Ito3, Motohiro Ebisawa2, Mayumi Tamari9. 1. Laboratory for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Kanagawa, Japan. 2. National Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara National Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan. 3. Department of Allergy, Aichi Children's Health and Medical Center, Aichi, Japan. 4. Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan. 5. Division of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. 6. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan. 7. Miyatake Asthma Clinic, Osaka, Japan. 8. Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. 9. Laboratory for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Kanagawa, Japan; Research Center for Medical Science, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: mayumitamari@jikei.ac.jp.