About the Authors
- Hideyasu Yamada
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Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Hironori Masuko
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Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Yohei Yatagai
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Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Tohru Sakamoto
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Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Yoshiko Kaneko
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Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Hiroaki Iijima
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Affiliation Tsukuba Medical Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Takashi Naito
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Affiliation Tsukuba Medical Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Emiko Noguchi
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Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Satoshi Konno
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Affiliation Laboratory for Respiratory Diseases, Center for Genomic Medicine, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
- Masaharu Nishimura
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Affiliation Laboratory for Respiratory Diseases, Center for Genomic Medicine, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
- Tomomitsu Hirota
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Affiliation First Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Mayumi Tamari
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Affiliation First Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Nobuyuki Hizawa
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* E-mail: hironori816@yahoo.co.jp
Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HY TS NH. Performed the experiments: HY YY HM TS YK. Analyzed the data: HY YY HM TS EN TH MT NH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK HI TN SK MN. Wrote the paper: HY TS NH.