About the Authors

Felix E. Y. Aggor

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

Affiliation University of Pittsburgh, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Martinna Bertolini

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of Pittsburgh, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Periodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Bianca M. Coleman

Roles Investigation

Affiliation University of Pittsburgh, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Tiffany C. Taylor

Roles Investigation

Affiliation University of Pittsburgh, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nicole O. Ponde

Roles Investigation

Affiliation University of Pittsburgh, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sarah L. Gaffen

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

Sarah.Gaffen@pitt.edu

Affiliation University of Pittsburgh, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.