About the Authors
- Ashley J. Snider
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Affiliations Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
- Phillip Ruiz
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Affiliation Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Lina M. Obeid
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Affiliations Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Pathobiology, Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina, United States of America
- Jim C. Oates
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* E-mail: oatesjc@musc.edu.
Affiliations Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AJS PR LMO JCO. Performed the experiments: AJS PR JCO. Analyzed the data: AJS PR LMO JCO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJS PR LMO JCO. Wrote the paper: AJS JCO.