About the Authors

Marzena Ciechomska

m.m.ciechomska@gmail.com

Affiliations Newcastle University, Musculoskeletal Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, L. Hirszferd Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Science, Wroclaw, Poland

Steven O’Reilly

Affiliation Newcastle University, Musculoskeletal Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Monika Suwara

Affiliation Newcastle University, Fibrosis Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Katarzyna Bogunia-Kubik

Affiliation L. Hirszferd Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Science, Wroclaw, Poland

Jacob M. van Laar

Affiliations Newcastle University, Musculoskeletal Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC JvL. Performed the experiments: MC. Analyzed the data: MC SOR JvL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS KBK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MC JvL.