About the Authors

Kristin Fenton

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristin Fenton, Silje Fismen

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Silje Fismen

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristin Fenton, Silje Fismen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Annica Hedberg

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Natalya Seredkina

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Chris Fenton

Affiliation The Microarray Platform, Medical Faculty, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Elin Synnøve Mortensen

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Institute of Medical Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Ole Petter Rekvig

olepr@fagmed.uit.no

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH CF ESM OPR. Performed the experiments: KAF SF AH NS. Analyzed the data: KAF SF AH NS CF ESM OPR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAF SF NS CF ESM OPR. Wrote the paper: KAF SF AH NS CF ESM OPR.