About the Authors

Javier Conde

Affiliation NEIRID Lab (NeuroEndocrine Interaction in Rheumatology and Inflammatory Diseases), SERGAS, Santiago University Clinical Hospital, Institute of Medical Research (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Morena Scotece

Affiliation NEIRID Lab (NeuroEndocrine Interaction in Rheumatology and Inflammatory Diseases), SERGAS, Santiago University Clinical Hospital, Institute of Medical Research (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Verónica López

Affiliation NEIRID Lab (NeuroEndocrine Interaction in Rheumatology and Inflammatory Diseases), SERGAS, Santiago University Clinical Hospital, Institute of Medical Research (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Rodolfo Gómez

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Fundación Jiménez Diaz, Madrid, Spain

Francisca Lago

Affiliation Research Laboratory 7 (Molecular and Cellular Cardiology), SERGAS, Santiago University Clinical Hospital, Institute of Medical Research (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Jesús Pino

Affiliation Division of Orthopaedics Surgery and Traumatology, SERGAS, Santiago University Clinical Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Juan Jesús Gómez-Reino

Affiliation NEIRID Lab (NeuroEndocrine Interaction in Rheumatology and Inflammatory Diseases), SERGAS, Santiago University Clinical Hospital, Institute of Medical Research (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Oreste Gualillo

oreste.gualillo@sergas.es

Affiliation NEIRID Lab (NeuroEndocrine Interaction in Rheumatology and Inflammatory Diseases), SERGAS, Santiago University Clinical Hospital, Institute of Medical Research (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FL OG. Performed the experiments: JC MS VL JP. Analyzed the data: JC FL JJGR OG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG JP. Wrote the paper: JC RG FL OG. Acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data and critical revision of the manuscript: JC. Acquisition of data, drafting of the manuscript and statistical analysis: MS VL JP. Participated in drafting the manuscript: JJGR Scientific supervision of experiments: OG FL.