About the Authors

Ruxandra Schiotis

Elena.Schiotis@umfcluj.ro

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy and SCBI- Rheumatology Department, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital “Reina Sofía”/IMIBIC, Córdoba, Spain

Nerea Bartolomé

Affiliation Department of R+D, Progenika Biopharma SA, Derio-Vizcaya, Spain

Alejandra Sánchez

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, “Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda”, University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

Magdalena Szczypiorska

Affiliation Department of R+D, Progenika Biopharma SA, Derio-Vizcaya, Spain

Jesús Sanz

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, “Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda”, University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

Eduardo Cuende

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital “Príncipe de Asturias”, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

Eduardo Collantes Estevez

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital “Reina Sofía”/IMIBIC, Córdoba, Spain

Antonio Martínez

Affiliation Department of R+D, Progenika Biopharma SA, Derio-Vizcaya, Spain

Diego Tejedor

Affiliation Department of R+D, Progenika Biopharma SA, Derio-Vizcaya, Spain

Marta Artieda

Affiliation Department of R+D, Progenika Biopharma SA, Derio-Vizcaya, Spain

Anca Buzoianu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Juan Mulero

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, “Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda”, University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors declare the following interests: M.S., N.B., M.A., A.M. and D.T. are currently employees of Progenika Biopharma, SA. A.S. is supported by an unrestricted grant from Pfizer. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS AS JS ECE AB JM. Performed the experiments: NB MS AM DT MA. Analyzed the data: RS NB AS MS DT MA ECE JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS ECE JM JS EC AB. Wrote the paper: RS AS NB ECE JM.