About the Authors

Isabel Sada-Ovalle

Affiliations Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Immunochemistry Department, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico

Asako Chiba

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Adaena Gonzales

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael B. Brenner

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Samuel M. Behar

sbehar@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ISO AC SMB. Performed the experiments: ISO AC AG SMB. Analyzed the data: ISO SMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ISO AC MBB SMB. Wrote the paper: ISO MBB SMB.