Author contributions
Yingzi Zhu is responsible for the execution of the experiments, analysis
of data and manuscript drafting. Heng Gu is responsible for the
execution of the experiments and analysis of data. Lu Yang, Na Li,
Qiuyue Chen, Danqing Kang, Yukai Jing, Panpan Jiang, Qianglin Chen, Li
Luo, Ju Liu, Jiang Chang, Zhenzhen Li, Yi Wang, Xin Dai
are involved in assistance in the
experimental process and performed a part of the experiments. Heather
Miller, Lisa S Westerberg, Chan-Sik Park and Masato Kubo revised the
manuscript critically and proposed constructive comments. Lingli Dong
and Chaohong Liu have made substantial contributions to conception,
study design and manuscript revision.11Yingzi Zhu & Heng Gu
should be considered joint first author; Lingli Dong & Chaohong Liu
should be considered joint corresponding author.
Co-corresponding authors:
Lingli Dong
Lingli Dong, Ph. D, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Tongji
Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and
Technology, Wuhan, China
Tel: +86-27-8366-3614; E-mail:tjhdongll@163.com
Chaohong Liu
Chaohong Liu, Ph. D, Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Basic
Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030,
China
Tel: +86-27-8365-0550; E-mail:chaohongliu80@126.com