Li, Yitao
Li, Mengci
Jia, Wei
Ni, Yan
Chen, Tianlu
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31501079)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31500954)
the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFC0906800)
the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union (294923)
Article History
Received: 19 December 2017
Revised: 26 January 2018
Accepted: 5 February 2018
First Online: 24 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: The protocol of HCC was approved by the Zhongshan Hospital Institutional Review Board and written consents were signed by all participants before the study. The protocol of arthritis was approved by the Review Board in Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and all participants gave informed consent before they were involved in the study.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.