About the Authors

Ioannis Parodis

ioannis.parodis@karolinska.se

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Laurent Arnaud

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Jakob Gerhardsson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Agneta Zickert

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Birgitta Sundelin

Affiliation Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Vivianne Malmström

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Elisabet Svenungsson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Iva Gunnarsson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IP AZ VM IG. Performed the experiments: IP JG BS VM ES IG. Analyzed the data: IP LA ES IG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IP AZ BS VM ES IG. Wrote the paper: IP LA AZ ES IG. Participated in the acquisition of data: IP JG AZ BS ES IG. Participated in the interpretation of the results: IP LA AZ VM ES IG.