About the Authors

Michael Gabl

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Malene Winther

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Sarah Line Skovbakke

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Johan Bylund

Current address: Department of Oral Microbiology and Immunology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Claes Dahlgren

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Huamei Forsman

Huamei.Forsman@Rheuma.gu.se

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. CyclosporinH was kindly provided by Novartis Pharma (Basel, Switzerland). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HF CD. Performed the experiments: MG MW SLS. Analyzed the data: HF MG MW SLS JB CD. Wrote the paper: HF CD MG JB.