About the Authors
- Ling Lu
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Affiliations Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Liver Transplantation, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Xiaohui Zhou
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Affiliations Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Immune Tolerance Center Shanghai East Hospital, Tonji University of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Julie Wang
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Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Song Guo Zheng
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* E-mail: dhorwitz@usc.edu (DAH); szheng@usc.edu (SGZ)
Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- David A. Horwitz
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* E-mail: dhorwitz@usc.edu (DAH); szheng@usc.edu (SGZ)
Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Dr. Horwitz is the Founder of ExCell Therapeutics and a consultant for Becton Dickinson Biosciences.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DAH SGZ. Performed the experiments: LL XZ JW. Analyzed the data: LL XZ JW SGZ DAH. Wrote the paper: DAH.