About the Authors

J. Matthew Mahoney

John.M.Mahoney@uvm.edu (JMM); Michael.L.Whitfield@dartmouth.edu (MLW)

Current address: Department of Neurological Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hannover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Jaclyn Taroni

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hannover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Viktor Martyanov

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hannover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Tammara A. Wood

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hannover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Casey S. Greene

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hannover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Patricia A. Pioli

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hannover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Monique E. Hinchcliff

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Michael L. Whitfield

John.M.Mahoney@uvm.edu (JMM); Michael.L.Whitfield@dartmouth.edu (MLW)

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hannover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: MLW and MEH have filed patents for gene expression biomarkers in SSc. MLW is the Scientific Founder of Celdara Medical LLC.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMM MLW. Performed the experiments: TAW MEH. Analyzed the data: JMM JT VM TAW CSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MEH. Wrote the paper: JMM PAP MEH MLW.