Involvement of enhanced expression of classical complement C1q in atherosclerosis progression and plaque instability: C1q as an indicator of clinical outcome

• Shoh Sasaki,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Kensaku Nishihira,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Atsushi Yamashita,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5487-7594

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• Tomomi Fujii,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Kenji Onoue,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Yoshihiko Saito,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Kinta Hatakeyama ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kpathol@naramed-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan, Department of Pathology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7729-1836

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• Yoshisato Shibata,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Yujiro Asada,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Chiho Ohbayashi

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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