About the Authors

Silvia Paoletta

Affiliation Molecular Recognition Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Dilip K. Tosh

Affiliation Molecular Recognition Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Daniela Salvemini

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Kenneth A. Jacobson

kajacobs@helix.nih.gov

Affiliation Molecular Recognition Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAJ SP. Performed the experiments: SP DKT. Analyzed the data: SP KAJ DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DKT. Wrote the paper: SP KAJ DS.