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"Disclosure A summary of this research was presented in the poster form at the 2015 American Thoracic Society International Conference held on May 15–20, 2015, Denver (Abstract: Am J Respir care Med 2015; 191: A309). Conflicts of Interest K. T., M. A., C. S., and S. H. declare that they have no conflicts of interest. Y. I. is member of steering committees or advisor of Boehringer Ingelheim, Taiho, Roche, and SAVARA (not related to this study). Y. I. has received lecture fees from Boheringer Ingelheim, Kyorin, GSK, and Shionogi for activities not connected with the submitted work. T. A. has received lecture fees from Boheringer Ingelheim for activities not connected with the submitted work."

"This study was partially funded by grants from the Diffuse Lung Diseases Research Group of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Intractable Respiratory Diseases (Y. I.)."