About the Authors

Sagarika Biswas

Affiliations Department of Genomics & Molecular Medicine, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India, Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Saurabh Sharma

Affiliation Department of Genomics & Molecular Medicine, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India

Ashish Saroha

Affiliation Department of Genomics & Molecular Medicine, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India

D. S. Bhakuni

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), New Delhi, India

Rajesh Malhotra

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Muzna Zahur

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan

Michael Oellerich

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Hasi R. Das

Affiliation Department of Genomics & Molecular Medicine, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India

Abdul R. Asif

asif@med.uni-goettingen.de

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARA HRD MO SB. Performed the experiments: SB SS. Analyzed the data: SB MZ AS DSB RM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MO ARA HRD DSB RM. Wrote the paper: SB MZ ARA.