About the Authors

Tomoko Sugiura

Affiliation Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Yasushi Kawaguchi

y-kawa@ior.twmu.ac.jp

Affiliation Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Kanako Goto

Affiliation Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, and Department of Clinical Development, Translational Medical Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

Yukiko Hayashi

Affiliation Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, and Department of Clinical Development, Translational Medical Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

Takahisa Gono

Affiliation Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Takefumi Furuya

Affiliation Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Ichizo Nishino

Affiliation Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, and Department of Clinical Development, Translational Medical Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

Hisashi Yamanaka

Affiliation Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS YK IN HY. Performed the experiments: TS KG YH TG TF. Analyzed the data: TS YK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KG YH TG TF IN. Wrote the paper: TS YK.