About the Authors
- Chao Tian
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Affiliations Rowe Program in Human Genetics, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America , Department of Biochemistry, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America , Department of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Robert M Plenge
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Affiliations Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America , Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Michael Ransom
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Affiliations Rowe Program in Human Genetics, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America , Department of Biochemistry, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America , Department of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Annette Lee
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Affiliation The Robert S. Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore LIJ Health System, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
- Pablo Villoslada
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Affiliation Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
- Carlo Selmi
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America , Division of Internal Medicine, San Paolo Hospital School of Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Lars Klareskog
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Affiliation Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Ann E Pulver
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Lihong Qi
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Affiliations Rowe Program in Human Genetics, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America , Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Peter K Gregersen
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Affiliation The Robert S. Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore LIJ Health System, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
- Michael F Seldin
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mfseldin@ucdavis.edu
Affiliations Rowe Program in Human Genetics, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America , Department of Biochemistry, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America , Department of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
The study was conceived by CT and MFS and designed by CT, RMP, PKG, and MFS. RMP, AL, PV, CS, LK, AEP, PKG, and MFS recruited individuals and obtained and prepared DNA samples used in these studies. Analyses were performed by CT, RMP, MR, LQ, PKG, and MFS. The manuscript was written by CT and MFS with contributions from RMP, PV, CS, LK, and PKG.