Relationship between HLA-DRB1 shared epitope alleles and peripheral blood monocyte counts in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis

• Daisuke Hiraoka,

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

  Affiliations Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan, The Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Matsuyama Hospital, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3645-3872

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• Jun Ishizaki ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ishizaki@m.ehime-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6287-5011

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• Kenta Horie,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

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• Kensuke Oryoji,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ropponmatsu Rheumatology and Immunology Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Shin-ichi Mizuki,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Matsuyama Hospital, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

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• Katsuto Takenaka

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan

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