About the Authors

Ying Chen

Affiliations Haywood Rheumatology Centre, Haywood Hospital, High Lane, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Zanzhe Yu

Affiliation Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Jonathan C. Packham

Affiliation Haywood Rheumatology Centre, Haywood Hospital, High Lane, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Derek L. Mattey

d.l.mattey@keele.ac.uk

Affiliations Haywood Rheumatology Centre, Haywood Hospital, High Lane, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC JCP DLM. Performed the experiments: YC DLM. Analyzed the data: YC ZY DLM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YC ZY JCP. Wrote the paper: YC JCP DLM.