About the Authors

Xiaoyan Wang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Abeer Shaalan

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Division of Mucosal and Salivary Biology, King’s College London Dental Institute, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Silvia Liefers

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Julie Coudenys

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, Unit Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Dirk Elewaut

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, Unit Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Gordon B. Proctor

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Mucosal and Salivary Biology, King’s College London Dental Institute, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Hendrika Bootsma

Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Frans G. M. Kroese

Contributed equally to this work with: Frans G. M. Kroese, Sarah Pringle

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Sarah Pringle

Contributed equally to this work with: Frans G. M. Kroese, Sarah Pringle

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

s.a.pringle@umcg.nl

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.