1. Department of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan;
2. National Hospital Organization Higashi Tokushima Medical Center, Tokushima, Japan;
3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan;
4. PRISM BioLab Co., Ltd., Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan;
5. Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu-city, Oita, Japan