Birkelund, Svend http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6171-5606
Bennike, Tue Bjerg http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4354-1731
Kastaniegaard, Kenneth http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3806-5638
Lausen, Mads http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2328-5902
Poulsen, Thomas Bouet Guldbæk http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2577-5868
Kragstrup, Tue Wenzel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6439-397X
Deleuran, Bent Winding http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7079-1587
Christiansen, Gunna http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0540-1367
Stensballe, Allan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9888-1955
Funding for this research was provided by:
Aase og Ejnar Danielsens Fond (10-001785)
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities
Danish Rheumatism Association (R116-Rp4652)
The Obel Family Foundation (25508)
Lundbeckfonden (R181-2014-3372)
Carlsbergfondet (CF14-0561)
Herta Christensens Fond (No number)
Beckett-Fonden (no number)
Article History
Received: 30 December 2019
Accepted: 29 July 2020
First Online: 6 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The clinical samples were collected under the project “INflamation in ARThritis (INART), approved by The Central Denmark Region Committees on Health Research Ethics (1-10-72-291-12). All patients were > 18 years of age, fulfilling the ACR/EULAR criteria for RA and ASAS criteria for SpA, respectively.
: We agree for publication upon acceptance and we agree that all copyright ownership for the article is transferred to Clinical Proteomics. The material submitted is new, original and has not been submitted to another journal for concurrent consideration.
: The authors declared that they have no competing interests.