Masako Chiyotanda¹, Shigeo Nishimata¹, Taro Miura², Ryuhei Nagao¹, Yasuyo Kashiwagi¹, Hisashi Kawashima¹ (1.Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo medical University, Japan, 2.Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Japan)

Slawomir M Kosinski¹, Roberto V Nachajon² (1.Division of Allergy and Immunology, St Joseph's University Medical Center, USA, 2.Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, St Joseph's University Medical Center, USA)

Yukiyasu Arakawa, Risa Tamagawa Mineoka, Koji Masuda, Norito Katoh (Department of Dermatology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, Japan)

Masanori Harada, Hyogo Naoi, Keisuke Morikawa, Yutaro Ito, Namio Kagoo, Tsutomu Kubota, Koshiro Ichijo, Eisuke Mochizuki, Norimichi Akiyama, Masahiro Uehara, Shun Matsuura, Masaru Tsukui, Naoki Koshimizu (Department of Respiratory, Fujieda Muninciple General Hospital, Japan)

Estherly Grace M Gonzales, Kristy P Villamayor, Richard John Pelo (Department of Internal Medicine, Bicol Medical Center, Philippines)

Kentaro Tamura¹, Ayako Kojima¹, Masahiro Yoshida¹, Zenya Saito¹, Kazuyoshi Kuwano² (1.Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Atsugi City Hospital, Japan, 2.Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan)

Muhammad Alif Fathur Rachman¹, Nova Kurniati² (1.Department of Internal Medicine, Moh Hoesin Palembang Hospital, Indonesia, 2.Sriwijaya University, Indonesia)

Marzieh Tavakol¹, Zahra Tavakol² (1.Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Iran, 2.Department of Sports & Exercises Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran)

Keigo Koda¹, Mikio Toyoshima¹, Tsuyoshi Nozue¹, Takafumi Suda² (1.Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hamamatsu Rosai Hospital, Japan, 2.Second Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan)

Takahiro Yoshikawa, Kazuaki Noguchi, Mai Nakano, Akio Tamura, Naoto Azuma, Kiyoshi Matsui (Division of Allergology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine College Hospital, Japan)

Jun Tamura¹, Minami Koriyama², Mari Yatomi³, Hiroshi Nakajima⁴, Tomohiro Tamachi^1,4 (1.Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba Rosai Hospital, Japan, 2.Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Chiba Rosai Hospital, Japan, 3.Department of Respiratory Medicine, Chiba Rosai Hospital, Japan, 4.Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Japan)

Yui Miyabe¹, Michihiro Yano², Mineyo Fukuchi¹, Chikako Furutani¹, Yuki Moritoki¹, Tomoo Saga¹, Tsutomu Takahashi², Shigeharu Ueki¹ (1.Department of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, 2.Department of Pediatrics, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)

Saori Kadowaki, Takeshi Kimura, Mayuka Shiraki, Norio Kawamoto, Hidenori Ohnishi (Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)

Motoko Yasutomi¹, Taihei Hayashi¹, Koji Suzuki¹, Genrei Ohta¹, Yasuhiro Watanabe⁴, Toshihiro Takeda², Akitoshi Okada³, Yusei Ohshima¹ (1.Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Japan, 2.Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Japan, 3.Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Fukui, Japan, 4.Department of Pediatrics, Fukui Red Cross Hospital, Japan)

Rumiko Shibata¹, Masako Kadowaki² (1.Department of Pediatrics, National Hospital Organization, Fukuoka National Hospital, Japan, 2.Department of Internal medicine, National Hospital Organization, Fukuoka National Hospital, Japan)

Ágnes Németh¹, Erzsébet Péterffy², György Balázs³, Andrea Bánffy⁴ (1.2nd Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Hungary, 2.Pediatric Institute of “Svábhegy”, Hungary, 3.Department of Radiology Heim Pál Children's Hospital, Hungary, 4.Pediatric Institute of “Svábhegy”, Hungary)

Kazuhiko Takeuchi¹, Yifei Xu¹, Kazuki Chiyonobu¹, Hisami Kubo¹, Guofei Feng¹, Satoru Ogawa², Makoto Ikejiri³, Kaname Nakatani⁴, Satoko Usui⁵, Sawako Masuda⁵, Mizuho Nagao⁶, Takao Fujisawa⁶ (1.Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mie University, Japan, 2.Electron Microscopy Research Center, Mie University, Japan, 3.Department of Central Laboratories, Mie University Hospital, Japan, 4.Department of Genomic Medicine, Mie University Hospital, Japan, 5.Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mie National Hospital, Japan, 6.Institute for Clinical Research, Mie National Hospital, Japan)