About the Authors

Andrew L. Mammen

Affiliations Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

James A. Mahoney

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Amanda St. Germain

Affiliation Department of Biology, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Nisha Badders

Affiliation Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

J. Paul Taylor

Affiliation Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Antony Rosen

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sarah Spinette

sspinette@ric.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALM JAM ASG JPT AR SS. Performed the experiments: ALM JAM ASG NB SS. Analyzed the data: ALM JAM ASG SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NB. Wrote the paper: SMS.