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"Conflicts of Interest AM is an employee of Medical and Biological Laboratory Co., Ltd. (MBL). The study was performed in collaboration between the authors' institutions and MBL. YI is an advisor to Boehringer Ingelheim, Taiho, Roche, and SAVARA. YI has received lecture fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, Shionogi, and GSK. TA has received lecture fees from Boehringer Ingelheim and Shionogi for activities not connected with the submitted work. MH, YH, TK, HK, and AK declare that they have no conflicts of interest."

"The authors are grateful to Dr. Masanori Kitaichi for the pathological examinations and Dr. Masanori Akira for the radiological evaluations. This study was partially supported by JSPS KAKENHI (JP17K09636) awarded to TA, YI, and MH, a National Hospital Organization (H28-NHO (Kokyu)-2) grant awarded to TA and YI, and AMED grants (DLD/14526278 and PAP/14526182) awarded to YI and to YI and TA, respectively."