About the Authors
- Wanling Yang
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Nan Shen
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Affiliation Joint Molecular Rheumatology Laboratory of the Institute of Health Sciences and Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Dong-Qing Ye
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Anhui Medical University School of Public Health, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Qiji Liu
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Affiliations Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Department of Medical Genetics and Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Yan Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Xiao-Xia Qian
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Affiliation Joint Molecular Rheumatology Laboratory of the Institute of Health Sciences and Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Nattiya Hirankarn
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Affiliation Lupus Research Unit, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dingge Ying
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Hai-Feng Pan
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Anhui Medical University School of Public Health, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Chi Chiu Mok
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital, New Territory, Hong Kong
- Tak Mao Chan
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Raymond Woon Sing Wong
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Ka Wing Lee
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
- Mo Yin Mok
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Sik Nin Wong
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital, New Territory, Hong Kong
- Alexander Moon Ho Leung
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Xiang-Pei Li
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Yingyos Avihingsanon
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Chun-Ming Wong
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Tsz Leung Lee
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Marco Hok Kung Ho
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Pamela Pui Wah Lee
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Yuk Kwan Chang
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Philip H. Li
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Ruo-Jie Li
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Affiliations Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Anhui Medical University School of Public Health, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Lu Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Wilfred Hing Sang Wong
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Irene Oi Lin Ng
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Chak Sing Lau
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Pak Chung Sham
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Yu Lung Lau
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* E-mail: lauylung@hkucc.hku.hk
Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Asian Lupus Genetics Consortium (ALGC)
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¶Membership of the Asian Lupus Genetics Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WY NS DQY NH YLL. Performed the experiments: QL YZ XXQ YKC PHL. Analyzed the data: WY NS DQY QL YZ XXQ DY PHL LZ PCS YLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WY NS DQY NH HFP CCM TMC RWSW KWL MYM SNW AMHL XPL YA CMW TLL MHKH PPWL RJL WHSW IOLN CSL PCS YLL. Wrote the paper: WY. Revised the paper: NS DQY NH PHL YLL.