ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY

AuthorsBridget Foley; Rebecca J. Cleveland; Jordan B. Renner; Joanne M. Jordan; Amanda E. Nelson

Affiliations1. University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, USA; 2. Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA; 3. Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA; 4. Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA; 5. Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA; 6. Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA

AuthorsMaria Infantino; Francesca Meacci; Valentina Grossi; Maurizio Benucci; Gabriella Morozzi; Elio Tonutti; Marilina Tampoia; Antonina Ott; Wolfgang Meyer; Fabiola Atzeni; Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini; Mariangela Manfredi; Nicola Bizzaro

Affiliations1. SOS Laboratorio Immunologia e Allergologia, Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio, Firenze, Italy; 2. SOS Reumatologia, Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio, Firenze, Italy; 3. Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Chirurgiche e Neuroscienze, Policlinico Le Scotte, Siena, Italy; 4. Immunopatologia e Allergologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Udine, Italy; 5. Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica, Policlinico Universitario, Bari, Italy; 6. Euroimmun AG, Luebeck, Germany; 7. UOC Reumatologia, Ospedale L. Sacco Polo Universitario, Milano, Italy; 8. Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica, Ospedale San Antonio, Tolmezzo, Italy

AuthorsJasvinder A. Singh; Haiyan Qu; Jinoos Yazdany; Winn Chatham; Richard Shewchuk

Affiliations1. Medicine Service, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, USA; 2. Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, and Division of Epidemiology at School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA; 3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, USA; 4. Department of Health Services Administration at School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA; 5. Department of MedicineUniversity of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

AuthorsStefania Lenna; Shervin Assassi; G. Alessandra Farina; Julio C. Mantero; Raffaella Scorza; Robert Lafyatis; Harrison W. Farber; Maria Trojanowska

Affiliations1. Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA; 2. Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, USA; 3. Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico and University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 4. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA; 5. Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

AuthorsTao-Hsiang Yang; Peng-Yang Hsu; Menghsiao Meng; Che-Chun Su

Affiliations1. Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; 2. College of Biotechnology and Bioresources, Da-Yeh University, Changhua, Taiwan; 3. Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, ROC; 4. Graduate Institute of Statistics and Information Science, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan; 5. Department of Bioindustry Technology, Da-Yeh University, Changhua, Taiwan

AuthorsZeYu Huang; Jun Ma; Jing Chen; Bin Shen; FuXing Pei; Virginia Byers Kraus

Affiliations1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; 2. Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, USA; 3. West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; 4. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA

AuthorsAndrea R. Tan; Curtis D. VandenBerg; Mukundan Attur; Steven B. Abramson; Martin M Knight; J. Chloe Bulinski; Gerard A. Ateshian; James L Cook; Clark T. Hung

Affiliations1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, USA; 2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, USA; 3. New York University Hospital for Joint Disease, New York, USA; 4. Institute of Bioengineering and School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK; 5. Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, USA; 6. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, USA; 7. Comparative Orthopaedic Laboratory, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

AuthorsSamantha Louise Smith; Stephen Eyre; Annie Yarwood; Kimme Hyrich; Ann W. Morgan; A. G. Wilson; John Isaacs; Darren Plant; Anne Barton

Affiliations1. Arthritis Research UK, Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; 2. Arthritis Research UK, Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; 3. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK; 4. UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; 5. NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; 6. NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal BRU, Central Manchester Foundation Trust and University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK

AuthorsAlba Llop-Guevara; Mónica Porras; Carla Cendón; Irene Di Ceglie; Francesco Siracusa; Federica Madarena; Vagelis Rinotas; Lluís Gómez; Peter L. van Lent; Eleni Douni; Hyun Dong Chang; Thomas Kamradt; Juan Román

Affiliations1. Draconis Pharma S.L., Barcelona, Spain; 2. Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum, Berlin, Germany; 3. Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands; 4. Universitätsklinikum, Jena, Germany; 5. Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece; 6. Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Vari, Greece

AuthorsMarkus Paananen; Peter O’Sullivan; Leon Straker; Darren Beales; Pieter Coenen; Jaro Karppinen; Craig Pennell; Anne Smith

Affiliations1. Centre for Life Course Epidemiology, and Medical Research Centre Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; 2. School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Australia; 3. Centre of Expertise for Health and Work Ability and Disability Prevention Centre, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Oulu, Finland; 4. School of Women’s and Infants’ Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia