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A Novel Antineutrophil Extracellular Trap Antibody Targeting Myosin Light Chain 6 in Microscopic Polyangiitis
Miku Yoshinari, Fumihiko Hattanda, Yuka Nishibata, Sakiko Masuda, Daigo Nakazawa, Utano Tomaru and Akihiro Ishizu
The Journal of Rheumatology June 2022, jrheum.211266; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.211266
Miku Yoshinari
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University; Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. This study was supported by grants from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan for the Japan Research Committee for Intractable Vasculitis ( JPVAS; 20FC1044) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (ek0109360h0003). The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. A. Ishizu, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0600812, Japan. Email: aishizu@med. hokudai.ac.jp.
Fumihiko Hattanda
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University; Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. This study was supported by grants from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan for the Japan Research Committee for Intractable Vasculitis ( JPVAS; 20FC1044) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (ek0109360h0003). The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. A. Ishizu, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0600812, Japan. Email: aishizu@med. hokudai.ac.jp.
Yuka Nishibata
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University; Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. This study was supported by grants from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan for the Japan Research Committee for Intractable Vasculitis ( JPVAS; 20FC1044) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (ek0109360h0003). The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. A. Ishizu, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0600812, Japan. Email: aishizu@med. hokudai.ac.jp.
Sakiko Masuda
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University; Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. This study was supported by grants from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan for the Japan Research Committee for Intractable Vasculitis ( JPVAS; 20FC1044) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (ek0109360h0003). The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. A. Ishizu, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0600812, Japan. Email: aishizu@med. hokudai.ac.jp.
Daigo Nakazawa
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University; Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. This study was supported by grants from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan for the Japan Research Committee for Intractable Vasculitis ( JPVAS; 20FC1044) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (ek0109360h0003). The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. A. Ishizu, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0600812, Japan. Email: aishizu@med. hokudai.ac.jp.
Utano Tomaru
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University; Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. This study was supported by grants from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan for the Japan Research Committee for Intractable Vasculitis ( JPVAS; 20FC1044) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (ek0109360h0003). The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. A. Ishizu, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0600812, Japan. Email: aishizu@med. hokudai.ac.jp.
Akihiro Ishizu
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University; Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. This study was supported by grants from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan for the Japan Research Committee for Intractable Vasculitis ( JPVAS; 20FC1044) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (ek0109360h0003). The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. A. Ishizu, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0600812, Japan. Email: aishizu@med. hokudai.ac.jp.

Abstract
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is characterized by ANCA production in the serum. This disease entity includes microscopic polyangiitis (MPA). Previous studies have revealed that neutrophils excessively activated by ANCA and other serum factors are critically involved in AAV pathogenesis1
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Vol. 50, Issue 9
1 Sep 2023
A Novel Antineutrophil Extracellular Trap Antibody Targeting Myosin Light Chain 6 in Microscopic Polyangiitis
Miku Yoshinari, Fumihiko Hattanda, Yuka Nishibata, Sakiko Masuda, Daigo Nakazawa, Utano Tomaru, Akihiro Ishizu
The Journal of Rheumatology Jun 2022, jrheum.211266; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.211266
A Novel Antineutrophil Extracellular Trap Antibody Targeting Myosin Light Chain 6 in Microscopic Polyangiitis
Miku Yoshinari, Fumihiko Hattanda, Yuka Nishibata, Sakiko Masuda, Daigo Nakazawa, Utano Tomaru, Akihiro Ishizu
The Journal of Rheumatology Jun 2022, jrheum.211266; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.211266