Funaguma, Shunsuke https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4985-1133
Iida, Aritoshi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7538-1651
Saito, Yoshihiko https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1643-4797
Tanboon, Jantima
De Los Reyes, Francia Victoria https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3314-218X
Sonehara, Kyuto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4536-1761
Goto, Yu-ichi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2426-9739
Okada, Yukinori https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0311-8472
Hayashi, Shinichiro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5553-7698
Nishino, Ichizo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9452-112X
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (Intramural Research Grants 2-5, 5-6 and 3-7)
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (22ek0109490h0003)
Article History
Received: 29 February 2024
Accepted: 17 January 2025
First Online: 7 February 2025
Competing interests
: All authors declare no direct financial interests related to this work. A patent application titled “Biomarker for the diagnosis of granuloma-forming diseases,” A.I., S.F., I.N., and Y.S. as inventors has been published on October 31, 2024, as WO/2024/225403. A.I. is an associate editor of the Journal of Human Genetics and is a member of the editorial board of Human Genome Variation. J.T. is a member of the editorial board of Neuromuscular Disorders. I.N. holds various leadership positions that may be perceived as non-financial competing interests, including serving as President of the Asian Oceanian Myology Center and holding executive board roles with the World Muscle Society, Japanese Society of Neurology, Japanese Society of Child Neurology, Japanese Society of Neurological Therapeutics, Japanese Society of Neuropathology, and the Japan Muscle Society. In addition, I.N. is involved in the education committees of the Asian and Oceanian Association of Neurology and the World Federation of Neurology and has editorial roles in Neuromuscular Disorders, Neuropathology, and Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases. The authors declare no other competing interests.