About the Authors

Jin Lin

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Jian Liu

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Michael L. Davies

Affiliation Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Weiqian Chen

cwq678@126.com

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J. Lin J. Liu WC. Performed the experiments: J. Lin J. Liu WC. Analyzed the data: J. Lin J. Liu WC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J. Lin J. Liu. Wrote the paper: J. Lin J. Liu MLD WC.