Western blot analysis was performed under conventional conditions. The antibodies used were as follows: a rabbit anti-human S100A11 antibody that we made17–19 (link), mouse anti-human S100A11 antibody (MBL, Nagoya, Japan), rabbit anti-S100A6 antibody (Cell Signaling Technology, Beverly, MA, USA), rabbit anti-calgranulin A (S100A8) antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA), rabbit anti-calgranulin B (S100A9) antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology), mouse anti-RAGE antibody (R&D Systems), mouse anti-tubulin antibody (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA), mouse anti-fibroblast antibody (EMD Millipore, Temecula, CA, USA), mouse anti-α-smooth muscle actin antibody (DAKO Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA), rabbit anti-phospho-p70 S6 kinase antibody (Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit anti-p70 S6 kinase antibody (Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit anti-phospho-S6 antibody (Cell Signaling Technology), mouse anti-S6 antibody (Cell Signaling Technology), mouse anti-HA antibody (Cell Signaling Technology), and goat anti-GST antibody (GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences, Piscataway, NJ, USA).