About the Authors

Uwe Hansen

Affiliation Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University Hospital of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Justin M. Allen

Affiliations Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Paediatrics, and University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Rachel White

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Cathleen Moscibrocki

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Peter Bruckner

Affiliation Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University Hospital of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

John F. Bateman

Affiliations Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Jamie Fitzgerald

fitzgerj@ohsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UH JF PB JB. Performed the experiments: UH JA CM JF RW. Analyzed the data: UH JF PB JB RW. Wrote the paper: UH JF.