About the Authors
- Jun Wei
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Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Asish K. Ghosh
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Current address: Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Jennifer L. Sargent
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Dartmouth Medical College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
- Kazuhiro Komura
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Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Minghua Wu
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Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Qi-Quan Huang
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Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Manu Jain
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Affiliation Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Michael L. Whitfield
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Dartmouth Medical College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
- Carol Feghali-Bostwick
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Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- John Varga
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* E-mail: j-varga@northwestern.edu
Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JW AKG JV. Performed the experiments: JW AKG JLS KK MW MJ. Analyzed the data: JW AKG JLS MW MJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QQH MLW CFB JV. Wrote the paper: JW AKG JV.