Sputum Leucine-Rich Alpha-2 Glycoprotein as a Marker of Airway Inflammation in Asthma

• Hiromi Honda,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immune Signal, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

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• Minoru Fujimoto ,

  * E-mail: tnaka@nibiohn.go.jp (TN); mfujimoto@nibiohn.go.jp (MF)

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immune Signal, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

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• Shintaro Miyamoto,

  Affiliation Department of Haematology and Respiratory Medicine, Kochi University, Nankoku-shi, Kochi, Japan

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• Nobuhisa Ishikawa,

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Satoshi Serada,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immune Signal, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

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• Noboru Hattori,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Shintaro Nomura,

  Affiliation Department of Animal Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga, Japan

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• Nobuoki Kohno,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Akihito Yokoyama,

  Affiliation Department of Haematology and Respiratory Medicine, Kochi University, Nankoku-shi, Kochi, Japan

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• Tetsuji Naka

  * E-mail: tnaka@nibiohn.go.jp (TN); mfujimoto@nibiohn.go.jp (MF)

  Affiliations Division of Translational Research, Integrated Center for Advanced Medical Technologies (ICAM-Tech), Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku-shi, Kochi, Japan, Laboratory of Immune Signal, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

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