About the Authors

Yan Chen

Affiliations Laboratory of Autoimmunity, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Henan, China

Junfeng Zheng

Affiliation Laboratory of Autoimmunity, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Qiaoniang Huang

Affiliation Laboratory of Autoimmunity, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Fengyuan Deng

Affiliation Laboratory of Autoimmunity, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Renliang Huang

Affiliation Laboratory of Autoimmunity, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Wenjie Zhao

Affiliation Laboratory of Autoimmunity, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Junping Yin

Affiliation Laboratory of Autoimmunity, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Lina Song

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology of the First Afflict Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Juan Chen

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology of the First Afflict Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Xing Gao

Affiliation Department of Clinical laboratory, Xiamen University Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Zuguo Liu

Affiliation Eye Institute and Affiliated Xiamen Eye Center of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Frank Petersen

Affiliation Priority Area Asthma & Allergy, Research Center Borstel, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Members of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Borstel, Germany

Xinhua Yu

xinhuayu@fz-borstel.de

Affiliations Laboratory of Autoimmunity, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Priority Area Asthma & Allergy, Research Center Borstel, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Members of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Borstel, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have no competing intereststo declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XY. Performed the experiments: YC JZ FD RH QH WZ. Analyzed the data: YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YC JY JC XG LS ZL. Wrote the paper: XY FP.