About the Authors
- Yukari Sadamura-Takenaka
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Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan, Department of Systems Biology in Thromboregulation, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
- Takashi Ito
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Affiliation Department of Systems Biology in Thromboregulation, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
- Satoshi Noma
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Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan, Department of Systems Biology in Thromboregulation, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
- Yoko Oyama
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Affiliation Department of Laboratory and Vascular Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
- Shingo Yamada
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Affiliation Shino-Test Corporation, Sagamihara, Japan
- Ko-ichi Kawahara
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, Japan
- Hiromasa Inoue
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Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
- Ikuro Maruyama
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* E-mail: maruyama@m2.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Systems Biology in Thromboregulation, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
Competing Interests
Takashi Ito and Ikuro Maruyama hold endowed faculty positions in thrombosis research and have received funds from Medipolis Medical Research Institute, Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, Asahi Kasei Pharma, and Asahi Kasei Medical. Hiromasa Inoue has received grants from Astellas, GlaxoSmithKline, Ono Pharma, and Novartis. Shingo Yamada is employed by Shino-Test Corporation. Anti-HMGB1 neutralizing IgY is a product of Shino-Test Corporation. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TI KK IM. Performed the experiments: YST. Analyzed the data: SN YO SY HI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SY. Wrote the paper: TI KK IM.