Transgelin-2 is upregulated on activated B-cells and expressed in hyperplastic follicles in lupus erythematosus patients

• Kaori Kiso,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Center for Anatomical, Pathological and Forensic Medical Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Hajime Yoshifuji,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Takuma Oku,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Innovation in Immunoregulative Technology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Research Portfolio & Science, Drug Discovery Research, Astellas Pharma Inc, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Masaki Hikida,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Innovation in Immunoregulative Technology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Laboratory for Molecular Cell Physiology, Department of Life Science, Akita University

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• Koji Kitagori,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Center for Innovation in Immunoregulative Technology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Yoshitaka Hirayama,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Innovation in Immunoregulative Technology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Research Portfolio & Science, Drug Discovery Research, Astellas Pharma Inc, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Toshiki Nakajima,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Hironori Haga,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

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• Tatsuaki Tsuruyama,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Anatomical, Pathological and Forensic Medical Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Aya Miyagawa-Hayashino

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ayam@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

  Current address: Department of Clinical Pathology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

  Affiliations Center for Innovation in Immunoregulative Technology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5072-2640

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