About the Authors

Eva Balada

eva.balada@vhir.org

Affiliation Research Unit in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Jesús Castro-Marrero

Affiliation Research Unit in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Lledó Felip

Affiliation Research Unit in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Josep Ordi-Ros

Affiliation Research Unit in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Miquel Vilardell-Tarrés

Affiliation Research Unit in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: EB. Coordinated the project and quantified the transcripts: EB. Purified patients' CD4+ T cells: JC. Performed mRNA extraction: LLF. Supplied clinical data of the patients: JOR. Supervised the work: MVT.