About the Authors
- Constantin Fesel
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* E-mail: cfesel@igc.gulbenkian.pt
Affiliation Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
- Marta Barreto
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Affiliations Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge, IP, Lisboa, Portugal
- Ricardo C. Ferreira
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Affiliations Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Nuno Costa
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Affiliation Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
- Lara L. Venda
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Affiliations Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Clara Pereira
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Affiliations Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
- Claudia Carvalho
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Affiliation Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
- Maria Francisca Morães-Fontes
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Affiliations Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, Clínica Universitária de Medicina II, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal
- Carlos M. Ferreira
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Affiliations Associação dos Doentes com Lupus, Lisboa, Portugal, Clínica Universitária de Medicina II, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal
- Carlos Vasconcelos
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Affiliations Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal, Unidade de Imunologia Clínica, Hospital de Santo António, EPE, Porto, Portugal
- João F. Viana
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Affiliation Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, EPE, Lisboa, Portugal
- Eugenia Santos
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Affiliations Associação dos Doentes com Lupus, Lisboa, Portugal, Clínica Universitária de Medicina II, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal
- Berta Martins
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Affiliation Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
- Jocelyne Demengeot
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Affiliation Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
- Astrid M. Vicente
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Affiliations Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge, IP, Lisboa, Portugal
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CF AMV. Performed the experiments: CF MB RCF NC LLV CP CC MFMF. Analyzed the data: CF JD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CF CMF CV JFV ES BM JD. Wrote the paper: CF. Collected patient samples and clinical information: MFMF CMF CV JFV ES.