Kiran, Sonia
Khatik, Renuka
Schirhagl, Romana
Funding for this research was provided by:
Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province (GF18H180002)
Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2016YFA0400904)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (21725505 and 21675145)
Article History
Received: 11 June 2019
Revised: 1 July 2019
Accepted: 9 July 2019
First Online: 2 August 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
: The synovial fluid was obtained from the patients recruited at Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai. The samples were collected from the patients above 18 years of age who provided written consent and agreed to participate in the study. The protocol of the study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration. The protocol used in this study was also approved by the Ethical Committee in Research of the University of Science and Technology of China (protocol number: USTCACUC1801025) assigned by the President of this committee.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.