About the Authors

Momiao Xiong

Affiliation Human Genetics Center, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H), Houston, Texas, United States of America

Frank C. Arnett

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, Medical School, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H), Houston, Texas, United States of America

Xinjian Guo

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, Medical School, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H), Houston, Texas, United States of America

Hao Xiong

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Xiaodong Zhou

*E-mail: xiaodong.zhou@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, Medical School, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H), Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ MX. Performed the experiments: XG. Analyzed the data: MX HX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XZ. Wrote the paper: XZ MX FA.