About the Authors
- Aya Kawasaki
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Contributed equally to this work with: Aya Kawasaki, Narumi Hasebe
* E-mail: tsuchiya-tky@umin.net (NT); a-kawasaki@umin.net (AK)
Affiliations Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Master’s Program in Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Narumi Hasebe
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Contributed equally to this work with: Aya Kawasaki, Narumi Hasebe
Affiliations Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Misaki Hidaka
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Affiliations Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Master’s Program in Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Fumio Hirano
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Affiliations Department of Pharmacovigilance, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
- Ken-ei Sada
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Shigeto Kobayashi
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Japan
- Hidehiro Yamada
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
- Hiroshi Furukawa
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Affiliations Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Master’s Program in Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan
- Kunihiro Yamagata
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Takayuki Sumida
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine (Rheumatology), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Nobuyuki Miyasaka
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
- Shigeto Tohma
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan
- Shoichi Ozaki
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
- Seiichi Matsuo
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Hiroshi Hashimoto
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Affiliation Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Hirofumi Makino
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Affiliation Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
- Yoshihiro Arimura
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Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Masayoshi Harigai
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Affiliations Department of Pharmacovigilance, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
- Naoyuki Tsuchiya
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* E-mail: tsuchiya-tky@umin.net (NT); a-kawasaki@umin.net (AK)
Affiliations Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Master’s Program in Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors of this manuscript read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: AK has received a research grant from SENSHIN Medical Research Foundation, supported by an endowment from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, a research grant from the Takeda Science Foundation, supported by an endowment from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, and a research grant from Japan Rheumatism Foundation. M. Harigai has received research grants from Abbvie Japan Co., Ltd., Astellas Pharma Inc., Bristol Myers Squibb K.K., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd., Eisai Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co., Ono Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Japan Inc., Sanofi-Aventis KK., Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Teijin Pharma Limited, and UCB Japan. NT has received a research grant from SENSHIN Medical Research Foundation, supported by an endowment from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, research grants from Japan College of Rheumatology and Japan Allergy Foundation, received speaker’s honoraria from Eisai Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. and Asahi Kasei Corporation, and payment for a manuscript from Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AK NH NT. Performed the experiments: AK NH M. Hidaka. Analyzed the data: AK NH NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FH KS SK HY HF KY TS NM ST SO SM HH HM YA M. Harigai. Wrote the paper: AK NH NT.