About the Authors

Yong Du

Affiliation Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Shion An

Affiliation Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Li Liu

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

Li Li

Affiliation Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Xin J. Zhou

Affiliation Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Ralph P. Mason

chandra.mohan@utsouthwestern.edu (CM); Ralph.mason@utsouthwestern.edu (RPM)

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

Chandra Mohan

chandra.mohan@utsouthwestern.edu (CM); Ralph.mason@utsouthwestern.edu (RPM)

Affiliation Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM CM. Performed the experiments: YD SA L. Liu L. Li XJZ. Analyzed the data: YD L. Liu RM CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM CM. Wrote the paper: YD L. Liu RM CM.