Promoter analysis and aberrant expression of MUC5B gene in diffuse panbronchiolitis

a. Department of Respiratory Diseases, Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo, Japan; b. Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan; c. Unit of Human Biology and Genetics, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; d. Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; e. The Department of Pathology, Tenri Hospital, Nara, Japan; f. The Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tenri Hospital, Nara, Japan; g. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Respiratory Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; h. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan;