About the Authors

Jeffrey J. Roix

jroix@biomed-valley.com

Affiliation BioMed Valley Discoveries Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

S. D. Harrison

Affiliation Charles River Discovery Research Services, Morrisville, North Carolina, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Rainbolt

Affiliation Charles River Discovery Research Services, Morrisville, North Carolina, United States of America

Kathryn R. Meshaw

Affiliation Charles River Discovery Research Services, Morrisville, North Carolina, United States of America

Avery S. McMurry

Affiliation Charles River Discovery Research Services, Morrisville, North Carolina, United States of America

Peter Cheung

Affiliation BioMed Valley Discoveries Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Saurabh Saha

Affiliation BioMed Valley Discoveries Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

JJR, PS and SS are employees of BioMed Valley Discoveries, Incorporated, which seeks to discover and commercially develop novel therapeutics and diagnostics for disease. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJR SS PC KM SDH. Performed the experiments: SDH KM AM ER. Analyzed the data: JJR SS PC SDH KM. Wrote the paper: JR SS.