About the Authors

Nienke Roescher

Affiliations Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jelle L. Vosters

Affiliations Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Zhenan Lai

Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Toshimitsu Uede

Affiliation Division of Molecular Immunology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Paul P. Tak

Affiliations Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, GlaxoSmithKline, London, United Kingdom

John A. Chiorini

jchiorini@dir.nidcr.nih.gov

Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NR JLV ZL TU PPT JAC. Performed the experiments: NR JLV ZL. Analyzed the data: NR JLV ZL TU PPT JAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NR JLV ZL TU PPT JAC. Wrote the paper: NR JLV ZL TU PPT JAC.