Narrow-Band Ultraviolet B Phototherapy Ameliorates Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease of the Intestine by Expansion of Regulatory T Cells

Akari Hashimoto; Tsutomu Sato; Satoshi Iyama; Masahiro Yoshida; Soushi Ibata; Ayumi Tatekoshi; Yusuke Kamihara; Hiroto Horiguchi; Kazuyuki Murase; Yutaka Kawano; Kohichi Takada; Koji Miyanishi; Masayoshi Kobune; Shingo Ichimiya; Junji Kato

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152823

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Narrow-Band Ultraviolet B Phototherapy Ameliorates Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease of the Intestine by Expansion of Regulatory T Cells

Akari Hashimoto ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Akari Hashimoto, Tsutomu Sato

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Tsutomu Sato ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Akari Hashimoto, Tsutomu Sato

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Satoshi Iyama,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Masahiro Yoshida,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Soushi Ibata,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Ayumi Tatekoshi,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Yusuke Kamihara,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Hiroto Horiguchi,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Kazuyuki Murase,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Yutaka Kawano,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Kohichi Takada,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Koji Miyanishi,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Masayoshi Kobune,

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Shingo Ichimiya,

Affiliation Department of Human Immunology, Research Institute for Frontier Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Junji Kato

* E-mail: jkato@sapmed.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Narrow-Band Ultraviolet B Phototherapy Ameliorates Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease of the Intestine by Expansion of Regulatory T Cells

Akari Hashimoto,
Tsutomu Sato,
Satoshi Iyama,
Masahiro Yoshida,
Soushi Ibata,
Ayumi Tatekoshi,
Yusuke Kamihara,
Hiroto Horiguchi,
Kazuyuki Murase,
Yutaka Kawano

Published: March 31, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152823

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