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Response to the Letter by Poddighe et al. regarding our manuscript “Basophils activated via TLR signaling may contribute to pathophysiology of type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis”

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This study was partially supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers (15K09052, 17K09468).

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1010, Japan

    Kazushige Uchida, Masato Ynagawa & Kazuichi Okazaki

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Uchida, K., Ynagawa, M. & Okazaki, K. Response to the Letter by Poddighe et al. regarding our manuscript “Basophils activated via TLR signaling may contribute to pathophysiology of type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis”. J Gastroenterol 53, 793–794 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-018-1460-4

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