About the Authors

Xiaoyang Qi

Affiliations Division of Hematology-Oncology, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Human Genetics, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Matthew J. Flick

Affiliation Division of Experimental Hematology, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Malinda Frederick

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Zhengtao Chu

Affiliations Division of Hematology-Oncology, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Human Genetics, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Rachel Mason

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Monica DeLay

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Sherry Thornton

sherry.thornton@cchmc.org

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: A provisional application for a patent entitled “SapC-DOPS Agents for Imaging in Arthritis” has been filed by Cincinnati Children's Hospital, naming Drs. Xiaoyang Qi, Sherry Thornton and Matthew Flick as the inventors. This does not alter the authors' adherance to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XQ MJF ST. Performed the experiments: XQ MJF MF ZC RM ST. Analyzed the data: MJF MF RM MD ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XQ MJF ST. Wrote the paper: XQ MJF ST. Edited and approved the manuscript: XQ MJF MF ZC RM MD ST.