About the Authors

Peter H. Lapchak

Affiliation Rheumatology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Antonis Ioannou

gtsokos@bidmc.harvard.edu (GCT); aioannou@bicmc.harvard.edu (AI)

Affiliation Rheumatology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Poonam Rani

Affiliation Rheumatology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Linda A. Lieberman

Affiliation Rheumatology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kazuhisa Yoshiya

Affiliation Rheumatology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lakshmi Kannan

Affiliation Rheumatology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jurandir J. Dalle Lucca

Affiliation The United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

M. Anna Kowalska

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

George C. Tsokos

gtsokos@bidmc.harvard.edu (GCT); aioannou@bicmc.harvard.edu (AI)

Affiliation Rheumatology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PHL GCT. Performed the experiments: PHL AI PR LAL KY. Analyzed the data: PHL AI LK GCT MAK LAL KY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PHL AI LK JDL GCT MAK. Wrote the paper: PHL AI LK JDL GCT.