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Zhang, Fan
Mears, Joseph R.
Shakib, Lorien
Beynor, Jessica I.
Shanaj, Sara
Korsunsky, Ilya
Nathan, Aparna
Donlin, Laura T.
Raychaudhuri, Soumya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1901-8265
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (UH2AR067677, R01AR063759, UH2AR067691)
National Human Genome Research Institute (U01HG009379)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI148435)
Article History
Received: 19 August 2020
Accepted: 29 March 2021
First Online: 20 April 2021
Declarations
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: Healthy blood samples were purchased from the New York Blood Center (NYBC), provided by volunteer donors who consented for the blood to be used in biomedical research and other uses at the discretion of NYBC. The samples are deidentified by the NYBC, the research study investigators had no access to identifiable private information. As per the NIH guidelines, this does not constitute Human Subjects research. For the stimulated blood-derived macrophage experiment, co-cultures with synovial fibroblast involved synovial fibroblast lines generated from patients with RA undergoing arthroplasty (HSS IRB 14-033). Patients provided informed consent and all appropriate measures were taken for compliance with the Helsinki Declaration.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.