About the Authors

Louise Strandberg

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology/Endocrinology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Margareta Verdrengh

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Maria Enge

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology/Endocrinology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Niklas Andersson

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology/Endocrinology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Sylvie Amu

Current address: Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity Center, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Karin Önnheim

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Anna Benrick

Current address: Garvan Institute for Medical Research, Darlinghurst Sydney, Australia

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology/Endocrinology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Mikael Brisslert

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Johan Bylund

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Maria Bokarewa

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Staffan Nilsson

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Statistics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

John-Olov Jansson

JOJ@medic.gu.se

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology/Endocrinology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS MV ME NA AB JOJ. Performed the experiments: LS MV ME NA SA K AB MB JB MB. Analyzed the data: LS MV SA K MB JB MB SN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MV SA K MB JB MB JOJ. Wrote the paper: LS JOJ.