About the Authors

Wanling Yang

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Nan Shen

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

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Anhui Medical University School of Public Health, Hefei, Anhui, China

Qiji Liu

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

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Xiao-Xia Qian

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

Affiliation Lupus Research Unit, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Dingge Ying

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Hai-Feng Pan

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Anhui Medical University School of Public Health, Hefei, Anhui, China

Chi Chiu Mok

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital, New Territory, Hong Kong

Tak Mao Chan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Raymond Woon Sing Wong

Affiliation Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Ka Wing Lee

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong

Mo Yin Mok

Affiliation Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Sik Nin Wong

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital, New Territory, Hong Kong

Alexander Moon Ho Leung

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Xiang-Pei Li

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, China

Yingyos Avihingsanon

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Chun-Ming Wong

Affiliation Department of Pathology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Tsz Leung Lee

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Marco Hok Kung Ho

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Pamela Pui Wah Lee

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Yuk Kwan Chang

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Philip H. Li

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Ruo-Jie Li

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

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Wilfred Hing Sang Wong

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Irene Oi Lin Ng

Affiliation Department of Pathology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Chak Sing Lau

Affiliation Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Pak Chung Sham

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Yu Lung Lau

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)

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.