About the Authors

Yongpeng Ge

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, 100029, Beijing, China, Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China

Xin Lu

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, 100029, Beijing, China

Qinglin Peng

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, 100029, Beijing, China

Xiaoming Shu

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, 100029, Beijing, China

Guochun Wang

guochunwang@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, 100029, Beijing, China, Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YPG XL GCW XMS. Performed the experiments: YPG QLP. Analyzed the data: YPG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YPG. Wrote the paper: YPG XL GCW.