About the Authors

Pushplata Prasad

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi, India

Ashok Kumar

Affiliations Ex-All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Department of Rheumatology, Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital, New Delhi, India

Rajiva Gupta

Affiliations Ex-All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Medanta Bone & Joint Institute, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon, India

Ramesh C. Juyal

Affiliation National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India

Thelma B. K.

bktlab@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TBK PP. Performed the experiments: PP. Analyzed the data: PP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TBK RCJ AK RG. Wrote the paper: PP.