About the Authors

Xiao Xu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Computational Biology, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Ridgefield, CT, United States of America

Meera Ramanujam

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Immunology and Respiratory Diseases Research, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Ridgefield, CT, United States of America

Sudha Visvanathan

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Translational Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Ridgefield, CT, United States of America

Shervin Assassi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America

Zheng Liu

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Computational Biology, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Ridgefield, CT, United States of America

Li Li

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

frank.li@boehringer-ingelheim.com

Affiliation Computational Biology, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Ridgefield, CT, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors of the manuscript are employed by the commercial pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. This commercial affiliation does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare.