About the Authors
- Satya S. Varanasi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Satya S. Varanasi, Ole K. Olstad
Affiliation Musculoskeletal Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Ole K. Olstad
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Contributed equally to this work with: Satya S. Varanasi, Ole K. Olstad
Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Norway
- Daniel C. Swan
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Affiliation Bioinformatics Support Unit, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Paul Sanderson
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Vigdis T. Gautvik
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Norway, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Sjur Reppe
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Norway, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Roger M. Francis
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Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Kaare M. Gautvik
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Norway, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Lovisenberg Deacon Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Harish K. Datta
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* E-mail: h.k.datta@ncl.ac.uk
Affiliation Musculoskeletal Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KMG HKD. Performed the experiments: SSV OKO VTG. Analyzed the data: SSV OKO DCS HKD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DCS SR RMF HKD. Wrote the paper: HKD. Performed subject clinical assessment: PS RMF KMG. Took biopsies: PS. Clinical assessment of the subjects: HKD.