About the Authors

Jeannie L. Te

Affiliation Department of Arthritis and Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Igor M. Dozmorov

Affiliation Department of Arthritis and Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Joel M. Guthridge

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Kim L. Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Arthritis and Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Joshua W. Cavett

Affiliation Department of Arthritis and Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Jennifer A. Kelly

Affiliation Department of Arthritis and Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Gail R. Bruner

Affiliation Department of Arthritis and Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

John B. Harley

Affiliations Department of Arthritis and Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Joshua O. Ojwang

Joshua-ojwang@omrf.org

Affiliation Department of Arthritis and Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMG JBH JOO. Performed the experiments: JLT KLN JWC JOO. Analyzed the data: ID JOO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAK GB. Wrote the paper: JOO.