About the Authors

Sarah A. Pendergrass

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Everett Hayes

Affiliation Rheumatology Section, Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Giuseppina Farina

Affiliation Rheumatology Section, Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Raphael Lemaire

Affiliation Rheumatology Section, Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Harrison W. Farber

Affiliation Pulmonary Section, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael L. Whitfield

michael.whitfield@dartmouth.edu (MLW); lafyatis@bu.edu (RL)

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Robert Lafyatis

michael.whitfield@dartmouth.edu (MLW); lafyatis@bu.edu (RL)

Affiliation Rheumatology Section, Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAP EH HF MLW RL. Performed the experiments: SAP EH GF RL. Analyzed the data: SAP EH GF MLW RL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAP RL HF MLW RL. Wrote the paper: SAP MLW RL.