1. Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan
2. Department of Infectious Disease, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan
3. Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital, Japan
4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yokohama General Hospital, Japan
5. Department of Pediatrics, Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan
6. Department of Molecular Genetics, Wakayama Medical University, Japan
7. The Japanese Association for Complement Research, Japan
8. Department of Food and Health Sciences, Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan