Evaluation of blood-brain barrier function by quotient alpha2 macroglobulin and its relationship with interleukin-6 and complement component 3 levels in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus

• Tomoyuki Asano,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Hiromi Ito,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Yoshinobu Kariya,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Kyoka Hoshi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Akioh Yoshihara,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Yoshikazu Ugawa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Hideharu Sekine,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Shunsei Hirohata,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Yoshiki Yamaguchi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliation Structural Glycobiology Team, Systems Glycobiology Research Group, RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center, RIKEN Global Research Cluster, Wako, Saitama, Japan

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• Shuzo Sato,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Hiroko Kobayashi,

  Roles Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Kiyoshi Migita,

  Roles Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Hiromasa Ohira,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Yasuhiro Hashimoto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Hiroshi Watanabe

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chiehiro@fmu.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1333-4806

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