SV and MW participated in the layout, writing, and finalization of the publication.
RG and RWK contributed to the design of the study and participated in the layout, writing, and finalization of the manuscript.
PK performed the bioinformatic analysis, contributed to the design of the study, and participated in the layout, writing, and finalization of the manuscript.
US assessed and analyzed the mRNA expression data of STAT-1 and STAT-3, and participated in the layout, writing, and finalization of the manuscript.
RWK, RG, PS, RH, and TH contributed to the design of the study and participated in the layout, writing, and finalization of the manuscript.
RH, DP, TH, PS, DK, and RWK designed or performed the experiments and participated in writing and finalization of the manuscript.
RWK contributed to the design of the study, including the animal experiments, and participated in the layout, writing, and finalization of the manuscript.
RH performed the experiments with synovial fibroblasts and the respective data analysis and participated in layout, writing, and finalization of the manuscript.
DK performed the microarray experiments, HJT and TW participated in the coordination of the study, and RWK contributed to the design of the study and participated in the layout, writing, and finalization of the manuscript.
RG and RWK contributed to the design of the study and participated in the layout, writing, and the finalization of the manuscript.
TS and LR contributed to the conception, design, writing and finalization of the manuscript.
