About the Authors

Yanli Zhang

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Zetao Liao

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Qiujing Wei

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Yunfeng Pan

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Xinwei Wang

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Shuangyan Cao

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Zishi Guo

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Yuqiong Wu

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Ju Rong

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Ou Jin

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Manlong Xu

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Zhiming Lin

gujieruo@163.com (JRG); lzm-zj99@163.com (ZML)

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Jieruo Gu

gujieruo@163.com (JRG); lzm-zj99@163.com (ZML)

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JRG ZML. Data curation: SYC ZSG. Formal analysis: JR. Funding acquisition: ZML JRG. Investigation: JRG ZML YFP OJ. Methodology: JRG ZML YLZ ZTL. Project administration: ZML JRG. Resources: YQW. Software: YLZ. Supervision: ZML JRG. Validation: ZTL XWW. Visualization: QJW MLX. Writing – original draft: YLZ. Writing – review & editing: YLZ JRG ZML.