Circulating Th17.1 cells as candidate for the prediction of therapeutic response to abatacept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: An exploratory research

• Shinji Maeda ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: snb51961@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5455-8670

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• Satoshi Osaga,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Management Center, Nagoya City University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

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• Tomoyo Maeda,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

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• Norihisa Takeda,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

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• Shin-ya Tamechika,

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

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• Taio Naniwa,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

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• Akio Niimi

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

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