Association of MUC5B promoter polymorphism with interstitial lung disease in myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis

Affiliations

• ¹ Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
• ² School of Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
• ³ Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan a-kawasaki@umin.net tsuchiya-tky@umin.net.
• ⁴ Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
• ⁵ Department of Lifetime Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁶ Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Japan.
• ⁸ Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
• ⁹ Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan.
• ¹⁰ Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹¹ Department of Rheumatology, Ome Municipal General Hospital, Ome, Japan.
• ¹² Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹³ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Toho University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹⁴ Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
• ¹⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
• ¹⁶ President, National Hospital Organization Tokyo National Hospital, Kiyose, Japan.
• ¹⁷ School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹⁸ President, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
• ¹⁹ Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
• ²⁰ Division of Epidemiology and Pharmacoepidemiology of Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.