About the Authors

Simon D. Gerber

Current address: Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Ruth Amann

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Stefan Wyder

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Beat Trueb

beat.trueb@dkf.unibe.ch

Affiliations Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDG BT. Performed the experiments: SDG RA BT. Analyzed the data: SW. Wrote the paper: SDG BT SW.