**Validation of Protein Biomarkers to Advance the Management of Autoimmune Disorders**

David S. Gibson1,2, Sorcha Finnegan1, Stephen Pennington3, Ji Qiu4, Joshua LaBaer4, Madeleine E. Rooney1 and Mark W. Duncan2,5 *1Centre of Infection and Immunity, Queen's University of Belfast, 2Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Colorado, Denver, 3Proteome Research Center, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, 4Center for Personalized Diagnostics, Arizona State University, Tempe, 5Obesity Research Center, King Saud University, 1United Kingdom 2,4United States of America 3Ireland 5Saudi Arabia* 
