About the Authors

Farah Fatima

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Ribeirao Preto School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Ying Fei

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Affiliated Hospital of GuiZhou Medical University, Guiyang, P.R. China

Abukar Ali

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Majd Mohammad

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Malin C. Erlandsson

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Maria I. Bokarewa

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Muhammad Nawaz

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Ribeirao Preto School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Hadi Valadi

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Manli Na

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Tao Jin

tao.jin@rheuma.gu.se

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: FF MLN TJ. Funding acquisition: TJ. Investigation: FF YF AA MN HV MLN TJ. Methodology: FF MLN MB ME TJ. Resources: TJ. Supervision: TJ. Validation: MLN YF AA MM TJ. Visualization: FF TJ. Writing – original draft: FF YF AA MN HV MLN TJ. Writing – review & editing: FF YF AA MN HV MLN TJ.