About the Authors

Ying Chen

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Jeremy McGee

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Xianming Chen

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Thompson N. Doman

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Xueqian Gong

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Youyan Zhang

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Nicole Hamm

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Xiwen Ma

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Richard E. Higgs

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Shripad V. Bhagwat

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Sean Buchanan

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Sheng-Bin Peng

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Kirk A. Staschke

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Vipin Yadav

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Yong Yue

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Hosein Kouros-Mehr

kouros.mehr@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

This study was funded fully by Eli Lilly and Company, the employer of all authors. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HKM YY. Performed the experiments: JM XC NH YZ. Analyzed the data: YC TND XG REH KAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XM SB SVB SBP VY. Wrote the paper: HKM.