About the Authors

Mats Dehlin

mats.dehlin@vgregion.se

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden

Maria Bokarewa

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden

Robert Rottapel

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Simon J. Foster

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Mattias Magnusson

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden

Leif E. Dahlberg

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital UMAS, Malmo, Sweden

Andrej Tarkowski

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RR SF. Conceived of all the studies, participated in its design and coordination, evaluated the knee joints histologically and helped to draft the manuscript: AT. Collected samples for the RA-study: LD MB. Participated and partly carried out the peptidoglycan study: MM. Participated in the peptidoglycan study and the i.a. transfer of Flt3L-secreting cells: MB. Carried out the Elisa work in the RA-patient study, partly carried out the peptidoglycan study and the i.a. transfer of Flt3L-secreting cells and drafted the manuscript: MD.