About the Authors

Lihua Liang

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Owen M. Woodward

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Zhaohui Chen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Robert Cotter

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

William B. Guggino

wguggino@jhmi.edu.

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Competing Interests

The authors filed a provisional application (C10156: Spiperone: A Novel Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutic Agent Identified By High Throughput Screening) which was essentially a short write-up and data. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the PLoS One guide for authors. It should be mentioned that the authors have received no financial reward in association with the provisional patent.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL WBG. Performed the experiments: LL OMW ZC. Analyzed the data: LL OMW WBG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC WBG. Wrote the paper: LL WBG.