About the Authors

Hongshuang Ma

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, the First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China

Yi Yuan

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, the First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China

Ling Zhao

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, the First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China

Zhuang Ye

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, the First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China

Jiandong Xu

Affiliation Westbury Christian School, 10420 Hillcroft, Houston, TX, 77096, United States of America

Man Li

Affiliation Genetic Diagnosis Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China

Zhenyu Jiang

jlujzy@aliyun.com (ZJ); yanfangjiang@hotmail.com (YJ)

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, the First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China

Yanfang Jiang

jlujzy@aliyun.com (ZJ); yanfangjiang@hotmail.com (YJ)

Affiliations Genetic Diagnosis Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, the First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, 130032, China, Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, 225009, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJ ZJ HM. Performed the experiments: HM YY. Analyzed the data: HM LZ ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HM ZY JX. Wrote the paper: HM YJ.