About the Authors

Ji Young Kim

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Daejeon Rheumatoid & Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Kyu Lim

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Research Institute, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Kyung Hee Kim

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Research Institute, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Jin Hyun Kim

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Daejeon Rheumatoid & Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Jin Sun Choi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Daejeon Rheumatoid & Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Seung-Cheol Shim

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

shimsc@cnuh.co.kr

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Daejeon Rheumatoid & Degenerative Arthritis Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.