A preliminary, observational study using whole-blood RNA sequencing reveals differential expression of inflammatory and bone markers post-implantation of percutaneous osseointegrated prostheses

• Andrew Miller ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: andrew.c.miller@utah.edu (AM); James.Beck@hsc.utah.edu (JPB)

  Affiliations Research, George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah School of Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1300-193X

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• Sujee Jeyapalina,

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

  Affiliations Research, George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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• Jay Agarwal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

  Affiliations Research, George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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• Mitchell Mansel,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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• James Peter Beck

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: andrew.c.miller@utah.edu (AM); James.Beck@hsc.utah.edu (JPB)

  Affiliations Research, George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

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