Host control of persistent Epstein–Barr virus infection

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Author informationAuthors and AffiliationsInstitute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, GermanyAxel Schmidt, T. Madhusankha Alawathurage, Friederike S. David, Leonard Frach, Sylvia Richter, Merle Schaefer, Carina M. Mathey, Sabrina K. Henne, Andreas J. Forstner, Markus M. Nöthen, Eva C. Beins & Kerstin U. LudwigDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, GermanyFriederike S. DavidDepartment of Genome Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanYosuke Ogawa, Kyuto Sonehara, Tatsuhiko Naito, Shinichi Namba, Noah Sasa & Yukinori OkadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanYosuke OgawaLaboratory for Systems Genetics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, JapanYosuke Ogawa, Ryuya Edahiro, Yuya Shirai, Kyuto Sonehara, Tatsuhiko Naito, Shinichi Namba, Noah Sasa & Yukinori OkadaDepartment of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UKLeonard FrachInstitute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, GermanyAndreas J. ForstnerInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyAlexander T. DiltheyCenter for Digital Medicine, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyAlexander T. DiltheyCenter of Neurology, Department of Neuroimmunology, University Hospital and University Bonn, Bonn, GermanyAnne-Katrin PröbstelGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, GermanyAnne-Katrin PröbstelDepartments of Neurology, Biomedicine and Clinical Research and Research Center for Clinical Neuroimmunology and Neuroscience Basel (RC2NB), University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandAnne-Katrin PröbstelClinic for Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, GermanyKaan BoztugSt. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute, Vienna, AustriaKaan BoztugCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, AustriaKaan BoztugMedical University of Vienna, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Vienna, AustriaKaan BoztugDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanSho Uchida, Shunsuke Uno, Tomoyasu Nishimura, Naoki Hasegawa & Ho NamkoongDepartment of Statistical Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanRyuya Edahiro, Yuya Shirai, Kyuto Sonehara, Tatsuhiko Naito, Kenichi Yamamoto, Qingbo S. Wang, Shinichi Namba, Ken Suzuki, Toshihiro Kishikawa, Noah Sasa & Yukinori OkadaLaboratory of Statistical Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center (WPI-IFReC), The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanYukinori OkadaPremium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine (WPI-PRIMe), The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanYukinori OkadaDivision of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanGenta Nagao, Hiromu Tanaka, Shuhei Azekawa, Ko Lee, Naoki Fukunaga, Junko Hamamoto, Hiroki Kabata, Katsunori Masaki, Hirofumi Kamata, Shinnosuke Ikemura, Shotaro Chubachi, Satoshi Okamori, Hideki Terai, Atsuho Morita, Takanori Asakura, Makoto Ishii & Koichi FukunagaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanYoshifumi UwaminoKeio University Health Center, Tokyo, JapanTomoyasu NishimuraGenomics Unit, Keio Cancer Center, Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, JapanEmmy Yanagita & Hiroshi NishiharaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanJunichi SasakiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanHiroshi MorisakiDepartment of Organoid Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanToshiro SatoDepartment of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanYuko KitagawaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanYuta Matsubara, Yohei Mikami, Kosaku Nanki & Takanori KanaiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanRyuya Edahiro, Yuya Shirai, Yasuhiro Kato, Takayoshi Morita, Takayuki Shiroyama, Yuichi Maeda, Takuro Nii, Yoshimi Noda, Takayuki Niitsu, Yuichi Adachi, Takatoshi Enomoto, Saori Amiya, Reina Hara, Yuta Yamaguchi, Teruaki Murakami, Tomoki Kuge, Kinnosuke Matsumoto, Yuji Yamamoto, Makoto Yamamoto, Midori Yoneda, Haruhiko Hirata, Yoshito Takeda & Atsushi KumanogohSingle Cell Genomics, Human Immunology, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanDaisuke Okuzaki, Yu-Chen Liu & Ayako TakuwaGenome Information Research Center, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanDaisuke Motooka & Yoko NaitoDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAMasahiro KanaiLaboratory of Children’s health and Genetics, Division of Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanKenichi YamamotoDepartment of Immunopathology, Immunology Frontier Research Center (WPI-IFReC), The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanYasuhiro Kato, Takayoshi Morita, Yuta Yamaguchi, Teruaki Murakami & Atsushi KumanogohCore Instrumentation Facility, Immunology Frontier Research Center and Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanFuminori SugiharaLaboratory of Human Immunology (Single Cell Immunology), Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanJames B. WingLaboratory of Immune Regulation, Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanShuhei SakakibaraDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, JapanNobuyuki HizawaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanSatoru MiyawakiDepartment of Integrative Physiology and Bio-Nano Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, JapanYusuke Kawamura, Akiyoshi Nakayama & Hirotaka MatsuoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanToshihiro Kishikawa, Noah Sasa, Yuya Ueno, Motoyuki Suzuki, Norihiko Takemoto, Hirotaka Eguchi, Takahito Fukusumi, Takao Imai, Munehisa Fukushima & Hidenori InoharaDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, JapanToshihiro KishikawaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanShuhei Yamada, Shuhei Kawabata, Noriyuki Kijima, Masatoshi Takagaki & Haruhiko KishimaDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Hyogo, JapanMunehisa FukushimaDivision of Infection Control and Prevention, The University of Osaka Hospital, Suita, JapanKazunori TomonoDepartment of Biomedical Ethics and Public Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanKazuto KatoCenter for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, JapanMeiko Takahashi & Fumihiko MatsudaIntegrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanAtsushi KumanogohCenter for Infectious Disease Education and Research (CiDER), The University of Osaka, Suita, JapanAtsushi KumanogohM&D Data Science Center, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanTakanori Hasegawa, Kunihiko Takahashi, Tatsuhiko Anzai, Satoshi Ito & Satoru MiyanoClinical Research Center, Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, JapanAkifumi EndoDepartment of Medical Informatics, Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, JapanYuji UchimuraRespiratory Medicine, Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, JapanYasunari Miyazaki, Takayuki Honda & Tomoya TateishiClinical Laboratory, Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, JapanShuji Tohda, Naoya Ichimura, Kazunari Sonobe, Chihiro Tani Sassa & Jun NakajimaDepartment of Insured Medical Care Management, Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, JapanMasumi AiHealth Science Research and Development Center (HeRD), Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanRyuji KoikeInstitute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanAkinori KimuraLaboratory of Veterinary Infectious Disease, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Aomori, JapanTomomi TakanoLaboratory of Viral Infection, Department of Infection Control and Immunology, Omura Satoshi Memorial Institute & Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, JapanKazuhiko KatayamaDepartment of Pathology Saitama Medical University, Saitama, JapanKoji OkudelaDepartment of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanRyunosuke Saiki, Yasuhito Nannya & Seishi OgawaInstitute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi), Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanSeishi OgawaDivision of Health Medical Intelligence, Human Genome Center, the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanTakayoshi Hyugaji, Eigo Shimizu, Kotoe Katayama & Seiya ImotoGenome Medical Science Project (Toyama), National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, JapanYosuke Omae & Katsushi TokunagaDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JapanTakafumi UenoDivision of Immunogenetics, Department of Immunobiology and Neuroscience, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JapanYoshinori FukuiDivision of Pathology, Yokohama Municipal Citizen’s Hospital, Yokohama, JapanHiroyuki HayashiDivision of Infectious Disease, Yokohama Municipal Citizen’s Hospital, Yokohama, JapanYukihiro Yoshimura & Natsuo TachikawaDepartme