About the Authors
- Masanori Sawada
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 1, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
- Tomotaka Kawayama
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 1, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
- Haruki Imaoka
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 1, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
- Yuki Sakazaki
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 1, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
- Hanako Oda
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 1, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
- Shin-ichi Takenaka
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 1, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
- Yoichiro Kaku
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 1, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
- Koichi Azuma
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 1, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
- Morihiro Tajiri
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 1, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
- Nobutaka Edakuni
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 1, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
- Masaki Okamoto
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 1, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
- Seiya Kato
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Affiliation Division of Pathology and Cell Biology, Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
- Tomoaki Hoshino
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* E-mail: hoshino@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 1, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TH. Performed the experiments: MS TK HI YS HO ST YK KA MT NE MO SK TH. Analyzed the data: MS TK HI YS HO ST YK KA MT NE MO SK TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK. Wrote the paper: TH.