About the Authors

David Hodgson

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Cellular Medicine, Ageing Research Laboratories, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, MRC/Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing (CIMA), United Kingdom

Andrew D. Rowan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC/Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing (CIMA), United Kingdom, Skeletal Research Group, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Francesco Falciani

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC/Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing (CIMA), United Kingdom, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Carole J. Proctor

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

carole.proctor@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliations Institute of Cellular Medicine, Ageing Research Laboratories, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, MRC/Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing (CIMA), United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.