Prithvi Raj
Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Ekta Rai
Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Ran Song
Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Shaheen Khan
Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Benjamin E Wakeland
Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Kasthuribai Viswanathan
Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Carlos Arana
Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Chaoying Liang
Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Bo Zhang
Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Igor Dozmorov
Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Ferdicia Carr-Johnson
Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Mitja Mitrovic
Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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Graham B Wiley
Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, United States
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Jennifer A Kelly
Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, United States
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Bernard R Lauwerys
Pole de pathologies rhumatismales, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium
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Nancy J Olsen
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Penn State Medical School, Hershey, United States
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Chris Cotsapas
Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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Christine K Garcia
Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Carol A Wise
Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, United States
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John B Harley
Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, United States
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Swapan K Nath
Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, United States
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Judith A James
Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, United States
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Chaim O Jacob
Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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Betty P Tsao
Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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Chandrashekhar Pasare
Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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David R Karp
Rheumatic Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Quan Zhen Li
Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Patrick M Gaffney
Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, United States
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Edward K Wakeland
Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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Human subjects: All the study subjects gave their written informed consent for the study. All the research protocols and methods employed were approved by UT Southwestern Institutional Review Board.
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