Microarray data contributing to this manuscript were produced by eleven Reed College students in the 2009 Biology 431 course on Comparative Functional Genomics.
JM conceived of the study, and contributed to its design and coordination and drafted the manuscript; JA analyzed microarray data and contributed to the writing of the manuscript.
Gene microarray data have contributed greatly to pathogenesis and to the identification of biomarkers for diagnosis, to patient stratification and prognostication of RA [10].
WL undertook the collation and analysis of microarray data and contributed to drafting the manuscript.
TH analyzed microarray data and contributed to the writing of the manuscript.
SJP participated in the statistical analyses of the microarray data and contributed to drafting the manuscript.
To support this notion, 24 microarray data sets contributed by a previous report [ 28] were utilized.
MSC designed and performed statistical analyses of microarray data and contributed to the writing of the manuscript.
Specifically, gene microarray data have contributed greatly to pathogenesis and to the identification of biomarkers for diagnosis, to patient stratification and prognostication of RA [ 12].
SEFB participated in construction of the custom expression array, performed microarray data analysis, contributed to analysis of physiological parameters, constructed the genome-scale metabolic model and performed comparisons with other species, and drafted the manuscript.
AK performed the moult staging, animal husbandry and sampling, library preparation, sequencing, bioinformatic analysis of the ESTs, microarray construction, microarray hybridizations, and interpretation of the data, contributed to the experimental design and drafted the manuscript.
