About the Authors
- Britney L. Grayson
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Mary Ellen Smith
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- James W. Thomas
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Lily Wang
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Phil Dexheimer
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Current address: Hudson Alpha Institute, Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America
Affiliation Functional Genomics Shared Resource, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Joy Jeffrey
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Affiliation Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Pamela R. Fain
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Affiliation Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Priyaanka Nanduri
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Current address: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Affiliation Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- George S. Eisenbarth
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Affiliation Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Thomas M. Aune
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* E-mail: tom.aune@vanderbilt.edu
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
TMA is part owner of ArthroChip, LLC, whose focus is to develop diagnostic tests for autoimmune diseases using gene expression profiles in whole blood. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BLG JWT GSE TMA. Performed the experiments: BLG MES LW PD. Analyzed the data: BLG MES LW PD JJ PRF PN GSE TMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LW PD JJ PRF PN GSE. Wrote the paper: BLG TMA. Edited manuscript: BLG MES LW PD PRF.