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- Acknowledgments
The authors thank their many colleagues who contributed to these studies: David Amiel, Michael Brodt, Meghan Burns, Harry Dinopoulos, Konstantinos Ditsios, Rosemarie Hofem, Rick Lieber, Tim Morris, and Steve Winters. Funding was provided by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (AR33097, NIAMS).