About the Authors

Vicky Nicolaidou

Affiliation Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, London, United Kingdom

Mei Mei Wong

Affiliation Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, London, United Kingdom

Andia N. Redpath

Affiliation Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, London, United Kingdom

Adel Ersek

Affiliation Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, London, United Kingdom

Dilair F. Baban

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Lynn M. Williams

Affiliation Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, London, United Kingdom

Andrew P. Cope

Affiliation Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology of Inflammation, Division of Immunology, Infection and Inflammatory Diseases, Academic Department of Rheumatology, King's College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Nicole J. Horwood

nicole.horwood@kennedy.ox.ac.uk

Affiliation Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VN MMW APC NJH. Performed the experiments: VN MMW ANR DFB AE. Analyzed the data: VN MMW ANR DFB NJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DFB LMW. Wrote the paper: VN NJH.