IL-18 binding protein can be a prognostic biomarker for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

• Yu Nakanishi,

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

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4130-111X

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• Yasushi Horimasu ,

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

  * E-mail: yasushi17@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

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

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• Kakuhiro Yamaguchi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kakuhiro Yamaguchi, Shintaro Miyamoto, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Hironobu Hamada

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

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9117-1934

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• Shinjiro Sakamoto ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

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

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• Takeshi Masuda ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

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

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• Taku Nakashima ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

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

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• Shintaro Miyamoto ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kakuhiro Yamaguchi, Shintaro Miyamoto, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Hironobu Hamada

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

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

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• Hiroshi Iwamoto ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kakuhiro Yamaguchi, Shintaro Miyamoto, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Hironobu Hamada

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Shinichiro Ohshimo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kakuhiro Yamaguchi, Shintaro Miyamoto, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Hironobu Hamada

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

  Affiliation Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University Hospital, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Kazunori Fujitaka ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

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

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• Hironobu Hamada ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kakuhiro Yamaguchi, Shintaro Miyamoto, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Hironobu Hamada

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

  Affiliation Department of Physical Analysis and Therapeutic Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hospital, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Noboru Hattori

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

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

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

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