About the Authors

Ian Tietjen

Contributed equally to this work with: Ian Tietjen, G. Kees Hovingh

Affiliation Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Burnaby, Canada

G. Kees Hovingh

Contributed equally to this work with: Ian Tietjen, G. Kees Hovingh

Affiliation Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Roshni R. Singaraja

Affiliations Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Burnaby, Canada, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Chris Radomski

Affiliation Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Burnaby, Canada

Amina Barhdadi

Affiliation Montreal Heart Institute, Montréal, Canada

Jason McEwen

Affiliation Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Burnaby, Canada

Elden Chan

Affiliation Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Burnaby, Canada

Maryanne Mattice

Affiliation Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Burnaby, Canada

Annick Legendre

Affiliation Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Burnaby, Canada

Patrick L. Franchini

Affiliation Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Burnaby, Canada

Marie-Pierre Dubé

Affiliation Montreal Heart Institute, Montréal, Canada

John J. P. Kastelein

Affiliation Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Michael R. Hayden

mrh@cmmt.ubc.ca

Affiliation Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Competing Interests

Some of the authors of this work were employed by Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IT RS JJPK MRH. Performed the experiments: CR JM EC MM AL. Analyzed the data: AB EC M-PD IT RS PF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GKH JJPK. Wrote the paper: IT JJPK MRH.