Plasma adiponectin levels are associated with circulating inflammatory cytokines in autoantibody positive first-degree relatives of rheumatoid arthritis patients

• Jan M. Hughes-Austin ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jhughesaustin@ucsd.edu

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7255-274X

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• Kevin D. Deane,

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

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Jon T. Giles,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Lezlie A. Derber,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Gary O. Zerbe,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Dana M. Dabelea,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Jeremy Sokolove,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California and the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• William H. Robinson,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California and the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• V. Michael Holers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Jill M. Norris

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

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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