Carranza-Leon, Daniel
Octaria, Rany
Ormseth, Michelle J.
Oeser, Annette
Solus, Joseph F.
Zhang, Yahua
Okafor, Chimalum R.
Titze, Jens
Michael Stein, C.
Chung, Cecilia P.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alpha Omicron Pi Foundation
Arthritis Foundation (Arthritis Foundation Clinical to Research Transition Award)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (P60-AR-056116, K23AR064768)
Rheumatology Research Foundation (K-supplement)
National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000445, UL1RR024975)
Article History
Received: 7 July 2017
Revised: 20 November 2017
Accepted: 24 November 2017
First Online: 14 December 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
: Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent official views of the National Institutes of Health. Informed consent was given by all patients and controls prior to data and sample collection. The study protocol was approved by the Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s institutional review board.
: None.