About the Authors

Jose Ramón Vidal-Castiñeira

Affiliation Immunology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

Antonio López-Vázquez

Affiliation Immunology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

Roberto Diaz-Peña

Affiliations Immunology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca, Chile

Paula Diaz-Bulnes

Affiliation Immunology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

Pablo Martinez-Camblor

Affiliations Department of Statistics, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile

Eliecer Coto

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

Pablo Coto-Segura

Affiliation Dermatology II Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

Jacome Bruges-Armas

Affiliation Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Jose Antonio Pinto

Affiliation Rheumatology Service, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas, Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain

Francisco Jose Blanco

Affiliation Rheumatology Service, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas, Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain

Alejandra Sánchez

Affiliation Rheumatology Service, Puerta del Hierro University Hospital, Majadahonda, Madrid

Juan Mulero

Affiliation Rheumatology Service, Puerta del Hierro University Hospital, Majadahonda, Madrid

Ruben Queiro

Affiliation Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

Carlos Lopez-Larrea

inmuno@hca.es

Affiliations Immunology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, Fundación Renal Iñigo Álvarez de Toledo, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRV ALV RDP CLL. Performed the experiments: JRV RDP PDB. Analyzed the data: JRV ALV RDP PMC CLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EC PCS JBA JAP FJB AS JM RQ. Wrote the paper: JRV ALV RDP PCS CLL. Obtained permissions from patients: EC PCS JBA JAP FJB AS JM RQ.