Association between IL-6 production in synovial explants from rheumatoid arthritis patients and clinical and imaging response to biologic treatment: A pilot study

• Martin Andersen ,

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

  * E-mail: martin.andersen@regionh.dk (MA); henning.bliddal@region.dk (HB)

  Affiliations The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, Translational Immunology, Biopharmaceutical Research Unit, Måløv, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6852-9985

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• Mikael Boesen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Karen Ellegaard,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Kalle Söderström,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Translational Immunology, Biopharmaceutical Research Unit, Måløv, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

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• Niels H. Søe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Section of Hand Surgery, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark

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• Pieter Spee,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Translational Immunology, Biopharmaceutical Research Unit, Måløv, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

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• Ulrik G. W. Mørch,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomarkers, Novo Nordisk, Søborg, Denmark

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• Søren Torp-Pedersen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Else M. Bartels,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9302-9678

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• Bente Danneskiold-Samsøe,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Lars Karlsson,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Translational Immunology, Biopharmaceutical Research Unit, Måløv, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

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• Henning Bliddal

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: martin.andersen@regionh.dk (MA); henning.bliddal@region.dk (HB)

  Affiliation The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

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