Expression of melanoma differentiation–associated gene 5 in the epidermis and cutaneous deposition of complement C3 and immunoglobulins in patients with dermatomyositis

• Yoshiaki Zaizen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan, Department of Pathology Informatics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2274-4599

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• Takuma Koga,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Masahiro Tsutsumi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Shinjiro Kaieda,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Jun Akiba,

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

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Takekuni Nakama,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Tomoaki Hoshino

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hoshino@med.kurume-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0459-4913

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