IL-6 is involved in thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum

• Ann Yehong Huang,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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• Li Shu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Zhongqiang Chen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing, China, Department of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, Haidian District, Beijing, China

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• Chi Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chi.zhang@case.edu

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing, China, Biomedical Engineering Department, Peking University, Beijing, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7821-483X

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