About the Authors

Stefania Lenna

Affiliation Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Izabela Chrobak

Affiliation Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

G. Alessandra Farina

Affiliation Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Fernando Rodriguez-Pascual

Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (CSIC/UAM), Madrid, Spain

Santiago Lamas

Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (CSIC/UAM), Madrid, Spain

Robert Lafyatis

Affiliation Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Raffaella Scorza

Affiliation Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico and University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Maria Trojanowska

trojanme@bu.edu

Affiliation Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Lenna GAF FR-P SL RL RS MT. Performed the experiments: S. Lenna IC GAF. Analyzed the data: S. Lenna IC GAF FR-P S. Lamas RL RS MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FR-P S. Lamas. Wrote the paper: S. Lenna MT.