The editors and staff of Arthritis Research & Therapy would like to warmly thank the reviewers whose comments helped to shape the journal, for their invaluable assistance with review of manuscripts in Volume 18 (2016).
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Abhishek Abhishek, UK | Xing Liu, USA |
Jacob Ablin, Israel | Ming-Lin Liu, USA |
Mahmoud Abu-Shakra, Israel | Ke Liu, USA |
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Tom Adriaenssens, Belgium | Ru Liu-Bryan, USA |
Salah-Uddin Ahmed, USA | Rik Lories, Belgium |
Mari Ainola, Finland | Cynthia Louis, Australia |
Sofia Ajeganova, Sweden | Nigel Loveridge, USA |
Graciela Alarcon, USA | Audrey Low, UK |
Katinka Albrecht, Germany | Qianjin Lu, China |
Cristiano Alessandri, Italy | Aiping Lu, Hong Kong |
Daniel Aletaha, Austria | Anne Lubbeke-Wolff, Switzerland |
Andrey Alexeyenko, Sweden | Erik Lubberts, Netherlands |
Mauro Alini, Switzerland | Antonio Lucacchini, Italy |
Erkan Alpsoy, Turkey | Michael Luggen, USA |
Rieke Alten, Germany | Ingrid Lundberg, Sweden |
Flavio Amaral, Brazil | Mark Lunt, UK |
Hans-Joachim Anders, Germany | Frank Luyten, Belgium |
Marina Anderson, UK | Alex Macgregor, UK |
Kristofer Andréasson, Sweden | Pedro Machado, Portugal |
Narender Annapureddy, USA | Sarah Mackie, UK |
Kazuhiro Aoki, Japan | Pasquale Maffia, UK |
Florence Apparailly, France | Walter Maksymowych, Canada |
Martin Aringer, Germany | Michel Malaise, Belgium |
Hiroshi Asahara, USA | Anne-Marie Malfait, USA |
Ebru Asicioglu, Turkey | Vivianne Malmström, Sweden |
Shervin Assassi, USA | Arthur Mandelin, USA |
Tatsuya Atsumi, Japan | Jose Maneiro, Spain |
MUKundan Attur, USA | Mirko Manetti, Italy |
Thomas Aune, USA | Antonio Manzo, Italy |
Tadej Avcin, Slovenia | Kenneth Marcu, USA |
Sang-Cheol Bae, South Korea | Xavier Mariette, France |
Alan Baer, USA | Tony Marion, USA |
Lisa Baganz, Germany | Hoffmann Markus, Germany |
Athan Baillet, France | Javier Martin, Spain |
Ghaith Bakdash, Netherlands | Michael Martin, Germany |
Joshua Baker, USA | Eric Matteson, USA |
Antoine Baldassari, USA | Patrick Matthys, Belgium |
So-Young Bang, South Korea | Elena Mattia, Italy |
Xenofon Baraliakos, Germany | Marco Matucci Cerinic, Italy |
Mary Barbe, USA | Claudia Mauri, UK |
Anabela Barcelos, Portugal | Clio Mavragani, Greece |
Murray Baron, Canada | Jason Mcdougall, Canada |
Francesca Barone, UK | Dennis Mcgonagle, UK |
Goncalo Barreto, Finland | Wayne Mcilwraith, USA |
Christie Bartels, USA | Eoin Mckinney, UK |
Mark Bartold, Australia | Fiona Mcqueen, New Zealand |
Elena Bartoloni Bocci, Italy | Aranzazu Mediero-Munoz, USA |
Anne Barton, UK | Elizabeth Mellins, USA |
Jennifer Barton, USA | Tony Merriman, New Zealand |
Neil Basu, UK | Kiyoshi Migita, Japan |
Manuela Battaglia, Italy | Ted Mikuls, USA |
Isabelle Bekeredjian-Ding, Germany | Shigeru Miyaki, Japan |
Helen Benham, Australia | Ali Mobasheri, UK |
Francis Berenbaum, France | Chandra Mohan, USA |
Jean Marie Berthelot, France | Luis Moita, Portugal |
Celine Berthier, USA | Mo Yin Mok, Hong Kong |
Jessica Bertrand, Germany | Chi Chiu Mok, Hong Kong |
Ramalingam Bethunaickan, USA | Burkhard Möller, Switzerland |
Nidhi Bhutani, USA | Eamonn Molloy, Ireland |
Nicola Bizzaro, Italy | Anna Molto, France |
Stephan Blüml, Austria | Carlomaurizio Montecucco, Italy |
SUSAn Boackle, Canada | Sara Monti, Italy |
Luigi Boiardi, Italy | Henner Morbach, Germany |
Marie-Christophe Boissier, France | Laurence Morel, USA |
Maria Bokarewa, Sweden | Jacques Morel, France |
Martine Boks, Australia | Herbert Morse, USA |
Bernard Bonnotte, France | Rita A. Moura, Portugal |
Olivier Bonny, Switzerland | Luc Mouthon, France |
Ray Boot-Handford, UK | Ulf Mueller-Ladner, Germany |
Echoe Bouta, USA | ShigeyUKi Muraki, Japan |
Simon Bowman, UK | SUSAn Murphy, USA |
Sharmayne Brady, Australia | Chris Murphy, UK |
Maya Breitman, USA | Hiroshi Nakajima, Japan |
Rolf Brenner, Germany | Tadashi Nakamura, Japan |
Jan Brinchmann, Norway | Tomoki Nakashima, Japan |
Cosimo Bruni, Italy | Kutty Selva Nandakumar, Sweden |
George Bruyn, Netherlands | Toshihiro Nanki, Japan |
Gerd-Rudiger Burmester, Germany | Antonio Naranjo, Spain |
Frank Buttgereit, Germany | Sonia Nasi, Switzerland |
Vivian Bykerk, USA | Marcio Navalho, Portugal |
Joana Caetano-Lopes, USA | Victoria Navarro Compán, Spain |
Juan D Cañete, Spain | Hendrik Nel, Australia |
Helena Canhao, Portugal | Elena Neumann, Germany |
Melissa Cantley, Australia | Claus Henrik Nielsen, Denmark |
Beatriz Caramés, Spain | Peter Nigrovic, USA |
Roberto Caricchio, USA | Svetlana Nihtyanova, UK |
Francesco Carlucci, UK | Elena Nikiphorou, UK |
Loreto Carmona, Spain | Yoshinori Nomura, Japan |
Anca Catrina, Sweden | Johji Nomura, Japan |
Ricard Cervera, Spain | Birgitta Nordgren, Sweden |
Anne-Julie Chabot-Dore, Canada | Tamara Nowling, USA |
Nadeen Chahine, USA | Michael Nurmohamed, Netherlands |
Kuntal Chakravarty, UK | Koichiro Ohmura, Japan |
Marion Chan, USA | Seiji Ohtori, Japan |
Vinod Chandran, Canada | YUKinori Okada, USA |
Christina Charles-Schoeman, USA | Eleonora Olivotto, Italy |
Katerina Chatzidionysiou, Sweden | Nancy Olsen, USA |
Der-Yuan Chen, Taiwan | Voon Ong, UK |
Peter Cheung, Singapore | Carl Orr, Ireland |
Grace Chiu, USA | Ben Ostendorf, Germany |
Carlo Chizzolini, Switzerland | Mikkel Ostergaard, Denmark |
Louisa Chou, Australia | Andrew Östör, UK |
Romy Christmann, USA | Miguel Otero, USA |
Lisa Christopher-Stine, USA | Cees Oudejans, Netherlands |
Francesco Ciccia, Italy | Mohamed Ouzzine, France |
Flavia Cicuttini, Australia | Lauren Pachman, USA |
Marco Cimmino, Italy | Leonid PadyUKov, Sweden |
Andrew Clark, UK | Gaby Palmer, Switzerland |
Laura Coates, UK | Wen Pan, USA |
Philip Cohen, USA | Vasileios Panoulas, UK |
Serena Colafrancesco, Italy | Owen Papuga, USA |
Robert Colbert, USA | Agnieszka Paradowska-Gorycka, Poland |
Andrew Cook, Australia | Nicola Partridge, USA |
Dane Cook, USA | Eliseo Pascual, Spain |
Matthew Cook, Australia | Levin Pavon, Spain |
Roxanne Cooksey, UK | Robert Perera, USA |
Divi Cornec, France | Harris Perlman, USA |
Mariput Corr, USA | Frank Pessler, Germany |
Elisa Corsiero, UK | Allison Pettit, Australia |
Mary-Ellen Costello, Australia | Christine Pham, USA |
Gabriel Criado, Spain | Shiv Pillai, USA |
Jose Crispin, USA | Fernando Pimentel, Portugal |
Stefania Croci, Italy | Larissa Pinto, Brazil |
Adam Croft, UK | Nicolo Pipitone, Italy |
Bruce Cronstein, USA | David Pisetsky, USA |
Cynthia Crowson, USA | Sara Piva, USA |
Kirsty Culley, USA | Denis Poddubnyy, Germany |
Maurizio Cutolo, Italy | Georg Pongratz, Germany |
Rafael Da Silva Chakra, Brazil | Janet Pope, Canada |
Chitra Dahia, USA | Richard Pope, USA |
Thomas Daikeler, Switzerland | Diana Patricia Portales-Perez, Mexico |
Berno Dankbar, Germany | Blandine Poulet, UK |
Laurie Davis, USA | Arthur Pratt, UK |
John Davis, USA | Nathalie Presle, France |
Fabrizio De Benedetti, Italy | Roberta Priori, Italy |
Filip Dekeyser, Belgium | Steven Proulx, Switzerland |
Francesco Del Galdo, UK | Xavier Puechal, France |
Ellen Delanghe, Belgium | Chaim Putterman, USA |
Emanuel Della-Torre, Italy | Celso Queiroz-Junior, Brazil |
Christopher Denton, UK | Homaira Rahimi, USA |
Atul Deodhar, USA | Anisur Rahman, UK |
Rishi Desai, USA | Eva Rakoczi, Hungary |
Patrick Dessein, South Africa | Julio RamÃrez, Spain |
Valerie Devauchelle, France | Sofia Ramiro, Netherlands |
Francesco Di Virgilio, Italy | Filipa Ramos, Portugal |
Changhai Ding, Australia | Manuel Ramos-Casals, Spain |
Haner Direskereli, Turkey | Sangita Rastogi, India |
Robyn Domsic, USA | Alan Rathbun, USA |
Andrea Doria, Italy | Juergen Rech, Germany |
Maxime Dougados, France | Kris Reedquist, Netherlands |
Eleni Douni, Greece | Pam Richards, UK |
Anne Dudeck, Germany | Pascal Richette, France |
Jean Dudler, Switzerland | Adrian Richter, Germany |
Aisling Dunne, Ireland | William Rigby, USA |
Chantal Duurland, UK | Makarand Risbud, USA |
Mona Dvir-Ginzberg, Israel | Jamie Robertson, UK |
Hang-Korng Ea, France | Jim Robinson, UK |
Andrea Ebersberger, Germany | Francisco Rocha, Brazil |
KosUKe Ebina, Japan | Edward Roddy, UK |
Robert Eisenberg, USA | Scott Rodeo, USA |
Anna-Karin Ekwall, Sweden | Ana Rodrigues, Portugal |
Dirk Elewaut, Belgium | Carlos RodrÃguez-Lozano, Spain |
Hani El-Gabalawy, Canada | Luis RodrÃguez-RodrÃguez, Spain |
Paul Emery, UK | Blake Roessler, USA |
Giacomo Emmi, Italy | Vasco Romão, Portugal |
Robby Engelmann, Germany | Derry Roopenian, USA |
Juan Esplugues, Spain | Stephanie Rouanet, France |
Hassan Fahmi, Canada | Robert Roubey, USA |
David Fairlie, Australia | Jean Roudier, France |
Marta Favero, Italy | Pascale Roux-Lombard, Switzerland |
Ursula Fearon, Ireland | Brad Rovin, USA |
Eugen Feist, Germany | Adeline Ruyssen-Witrand, France |
Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Italy | Je-Hwang Ryu, South Korea |
Iván Ferraz-Amaro, Spain | Saedis Saevarsdottir, Sweden |
Juliano Ferreira, Brazil | Taku Saito, Japan |
Alexandrina Ferreira Mendes, Portugal | Garifallia Sakellariou, Italy |
Elizabeth Ferucci, USA | Percival Sampaio-Barros, Brazil |
Emilio Filippucci, Italy | Raimon Sanmarti, Spain |
Eleanor Fish, Canada | Maria Santos, Portugal |
Benjamin Fisher, UK | Eric Sasso, USA |
Roy Fleischmann, USA | Kojiro Sato, Japan |
Shaun Flint, UK | Minoru Satoh, Japan |
Dirk Foell, Germany | Sebastian Sattui, USA |
João Eurico Fonseca, Portugal | Amr Sawalha, USA |
FraUKe Förger, Switzerland | David Saxby, Australia |
David Fox, USA | Carla Scanzello, USA |
Tracy Frech, USA | Maria Ec. Schelin, Sweden |
Julien Freitag, Australia | Gabby SchmajUK, USA |
Anthony French, USA | Andrew Schrepf, USA |
Keishi Fujio, Japan | Ian Scott, UK |
Naoshi FUKui, Japan | Anthony Sebba, USA |
Bridgette Furman, USA | Mireille Sebbag, France |
Hiroshi FurUKawa, Japan | Matthias Seidel, Germany |
Cem Gabay, Switzerland | Ichiro Sekiya, Japan |
Ricciarda Galandrini, Italy | Carlo Selmi, USA |
Henrik Galbo, Denmark | Alexandre Sepriano, Portugal |
Rajiv Gandhi, USA | Raphaele Seror, France |
Frederique Gandjbakhch, France | Guy Serre, France |
Benjamin Gantenbein, Switzerland | Petros P Sfikakis, Greece |
Marco Gattorno, Italy | Ami Shah, USA |
Philippe Georgel, France | Najia Shakoor, USA |
Laura Geraldino-Pardilla, USA | Wenhai Shao, USA |
Velia Gerl, Germany | Leena Sharma, USA |
Roberto Gerli, Italy | Klementy Shchetynsky, Sweden |
Evelien Gielen, Belgium | SUSAn Shenoi, USA |
Shawn Gilbert, USA | Kelly Shields, USA |
Jon Giles, USA | Kotake Shigeru, Japan |
Vincent Goeb, France | Masaki Shimizu, Japan |
Don Goldenberg, USA | Hirofumi Shoda, Japan |
Mary Goldring, USA | Yehuda Shoenfeld, Israel |
Juan Gomez-Reino, Spain | Anne Sofie Siebuhr, Denmark |
Joao Goncalves, Portugal | Jakob Sieker, USA |
Antonio Gonzalez, Spain | Gregg Silverman, USA |
Isidoro Gonzalez-Alvaro, Spain | Earl Silverman, Canada |
Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay, Spain | Peter Simkin, USA |
Robert Good, UK | Steven Simoens, Belgium |
Alan Goodman, USA | Lee Simon, USA |
Laure Gossec, France | Jasvinder Singh, USA |
Rebecca Grainger, New Zealand | Christopher Sjöwall, Sweden |
SUSAnne Grässel, Germany | Judith A Smith, USA |
Jamie Griffith, USA | Vanessa Smith, Belgium |
Bridget Griffiths, UK | Margaret Smith, Australia |
Brunella Grigolo, Italy | Alexander So, Switzerland |
Ahmet Gul, Turkey | Vincent Sobanski, France |
Monica Guma, USA | Tuulikki Sokka, Finland |
Espen Haavardsholm, Norway | Tuulikki Sokka-Isler, Finland |
Michelle Hall, Australia | Jeremy Sokolove, USA |
Deepa Hammaker, USA | Daniel Solomon, USA |
Hilde Berner Hammer, Norway | Veerle Somers, Belgium |
John Hanly, Canada | Yeong-Wook Song, South Korea |
Boulos Haraoui, Canada | Louis Soslowsky, USA |
Timothy Hardingham, UK | Martin Soubrier, France |
Masayoshi Harigai, Japan | Alexandre Souza, Brazil |
Lorraine Harper, UK | Jeffrey Sparks, USA |
Richard Harris, USA | Ulrich Specks, USA |
Robert Harris, Sweden | Francesca Spinelli, Italy |
James Harris, Australia | Raymond Steptoe, Australia |
Wolfgang Hartung, Germany | Edward Stern, UK |
Judith Haschka, Austria | James Stone, USA |
Afton Hassett, USA | Vibeke Strand, USA |
Kenji Hata, Japan | Anja Strangfeld, Germany |
Christian Hedrich, Germany | Rainer Straub, Germany |
Marius Henriksen, Denmark | André Struglics, Sweden |
Yves Henrotin, Belgium | Johannes Strunk, Germany |
Elizabeth Hensor, UK | Georg Stummvoll, Austria |
Gabriel Herrero-Beaumont, Spain | Laura Su, USA |
Ariane Herrick, UK | Lingyun Sun, China |
Martin Herrmann, Germany | Bjorn Sundstrom, Sweden |
Roger Hesselstrand, Sweden | Andreas Surdacki, Poland |
Monique Hinchcliff, USA | Gaurav Swarnkar, USA |
Timothy Hinks, USA | Deborah Symmons, UK |
Joseph Holoshitz, USA | Zoltan Szekanecz, Hungary |
Dirk Holzinger, Germany | Agnes Szentpetery, Ireland |
Gerd Horneff, Germany | Marcin Szkudlarek, Denmark |
Gunnar Houen, Denmark | Leonie Taams, UK |
Marie Hudson, Canada | NaoyUKi Takahashi, Japan |
Kim Huffman, USA | Masahiko Takahata, Japan |
Jan Hughes-Austin, USA | Kaoru Takase, Japan |
Marc Humbert, France | Tsutomu Takeuchi, Japan |
Clark Hung, USA | Meghna Talekar, Australia |
Doerte Huscher, Germany | Jose Tamez Pena, Mexico |
Sultana Monira Hussain, Australia | Naoto Tamura, Japan |
Kei Ikeda, Japan | Sakae Tanaka, Japan |
Masahiko Ikeuchi, Japan | YUKi Taniguchi, Japan |
Gun-Il Im, South Korea | Bozena Targonska-Stepniak, Poland |
Robert Inman, Canada | Sander Tas, Netherlands |
Andreea Ioan, Netherlands | Peter Taylor, UK |
John Isaacs, UK | Andrew Teichtahl, Australia |
David Isenberg, UK | Samantha Terry, UK |
Masaru Ishii, Japan | Ender Terzioglu, Turkey |
Muneaki Ishijima, Japan | Philippe Tessier, Canada |
Hiromu Ito, Japan | Simon Tew, UK |
Peggy Jacques, Belgium | Stefan Toegel, Austria |
Holger Jahr, Germany | Rene Toes, Netherlands |
Per-Johan Jakobsson, Sweden | Hans-Peter Tony, Germany |
Diahann Jansen, Australia | Zahi Touma, Canada |
Tim L Jansen, Netherlands | Anne Tournadre, France |
Iustina Janta, Spain | Maria Trojanowska, USA |
Ok Jensen, Denmark | Leendert Trouw, Netherlands |
Juan Miguel Jimenez-Andrade, Mexico | Tsen-Fang Tsai, Taiwan |
Ã…sa Johansson, Sweden | Aspasia Tsezou, Greece |
James Johnston, Canada | NaoyUKi Tsuchiya, Japan |
Kim Jones, USA | Shinichiro Tsunoda, Japan |
Elena Jones, UK | Tamir Tuller, Israel |
Gareth Jones, UK | Carl Turesson, Sweden |
Antonio Julià , Spain | Athanasios Tzioufas, Greece |
Jae-Bum Jun, South Korea | Y Urata, Japan |
Yuho Kadono, Japan | Vilma Urbonaviciute, Sweden |
Bashar Kahaleh, USA | Gianluca Vadala, Italy |
George Kalliolias, USA | Augusto Vaglio, Italy |
Hideto Kameda, Japan | Lisa Van Baarsen, Netherlands |
Ryutaro Kamijo, Japan | Désirée Van Der Heijde, Netherlands |
Rita Kandel, Canada | Annette Van Der Helm- Van Mil, Netherlands |
Mohit Kapoor, Canada | Peter Van Lent, Netherlands |
Dimitris Kardasis, Greece | Annemarie Van Nieuwenhuijze, Belgium |
Morten Karsdal, Denmark | Piet Van Riel, Netherlands |
Atsushi Kawakami, Japan | Joel Van Roon, Netherlands |
Aniket Kawatkar, USA | Dirkjan Van Schaardenburg, Netherlands |
Tony Kenna, Australia | Arie Jan Van Winkelhoff, Netherlands |
Wietske Kievit, Netherlands | Vincent Vander Poorten, Belgium |
Hyoun-Ah Kim, South Korea | Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, Greece |
Thorsten Kirsch, USA | Jiri Vencovsky, Czech Republic |
Richard Kitching, Australia | Patrick Verschueren, Belgium |
Nicolai Kittan, Germany | Suzanne Verstappen, UK |
Kerstin Klein, Switzerland | Vibeke Videm, Norway |
Jason S. Knight, USA | Elsa Vieira-SoUSA, Portugal |
Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Japan | Edward Vital, UK |
Shigeto Kobayashi, Japan | Olivier Vittecoq, France |
Marije Koenders, Netherlands | Stephan Vongunten, USA |
Toshihisa Kojima, Japan | Ulf Wagner, Germany |
Jason Kolfenbach, USA | Brian Walitt, USA |
Noriko Komatsu, Japan | Yuanyuan Wang, Australia |
Isabelle Kone-Paut, France | Fiona Watt, UK |
Adelheid Korb-Pap, Germany | Michael Weisman, USA |
Shigeru Kotake, Japan | Pamela Weiss, USA |
Roman Krawetz, Canada | James Wells, Australia |
Joel Kremer, USA | Daniel Wendling, France |
Féline Kroon, Netherlands | Mark Wener, USA |
Kristine Kuhn, USA | Jennifer Westendorf, USA |
Chang-Fu Kuo, UK | Jonas Wetterö, Sweden |
Hirokazu Kurata, Japan | Ian Wicks, Australia |
Kei Kuroki, USA | Richard Wilson, Australia |
Fina Kurreeman, Netherlands | Joan Wither, Canada |
Jason Kutch, USA | Timothy Wright, USA |
Masataka Kuwana, Japan | Tianfu Wu, USA |
Vasileios Kyttaris, USA | Chao Xie, USA |
José Lamas, Spain | Ryo Yamada, Japan |
Cécile Lambert, Belgium | Kunihiro Yamaoka, Japan |
Robert Landewe, Netherlands | Raghunatha Yammani, USA |
Nancy Lane, USA | Peizeng Yang, China |
Raquel Largo, Spain | Hisataka Yasuda, Japan |
Christian Lattermann, USA | Yusuf Yazici, USA |
Chak-Sing Lau, Hong Kong | Nataliya Yeremenko, Netherlands |
Matthias Laudes, Germany | KazUKi Yoshida, USA |
Bernard R. Lauwerys, Belgium | Jeehee Youn, USA |
Sheila Laverty, Canada | Di Yu, Australia |
Kim-Anh Le Cao, Australia | Xinhua Yu, Germany |
Maria Leandro, UK | Huifeng Yun, USA |
Iris Lee, USA | Dimitrios Zeugolis, Ireland |
Yvonne Lee, USA | Ming Hao Zheng, Australia |
Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo, Finland | Suzie Zick, USA |
Willem Lems, Netherlands | Annalinda Zignego, Italy |
Quan-Zhen Li, USA | Angela Zink, Germany |
Dawei Li, USA | Devy Zisman, Israel |
Katherine Liao, USA | Moncef Zouali, France |
Scott Lieberman, USA | Pascal Zufferey, Switzerland |
Sophia Lionaki, Greece |