About the Authors

Zahra Maqsood

Contributed equally to this work with: Zahra Maqsood, Joanne C. Clark, Eleyna M. Martin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, IBR Building, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Alacris Theranostics, GmbH, Berlin, Germany, Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translation Bioimaging, University of Würzburg and Institute of Experimental Biomedicine I, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Joanne C. Clark

Contributed equally to this work with: Zahra Maqsood, Joanne C. Clark, Eleyna M. Martin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, IBR Building, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE), Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Eleyna M. Martin

Contributed equally to this work with: Zahra Maqsood, Joanne C. Clark, Eleyna M. Martin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, IBR Building, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Yam Fung Hilaire Cheung

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, IBR Building, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften–ISAS—e. V., Dortmund, Germany, School of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Luis A. Morán

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, IBR Building, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Sean E. T. Watson

Roles Conceptualization, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, IBR Building, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Jeremy A. Pike

Roles Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, IBR Building, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE), Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Ying Di

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, IBR Building, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Natalie S. Poulter

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, IBR Building, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE), Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Alexandre Slater

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, IBR Building, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Bodo M. H. Lange

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Alacris Theranostics, GmbH, Berlin, Germany

Bernhard Nieswandt

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translation Bioimaging, University of Würzburg and Institute of Experimental Biomedicine I, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Johannes A. Eble

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Mike G. Tomlinson

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE), Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Department of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Dylan M. Owen

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE), Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, IBR Building, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

David Stegner

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translation Bioimaging, University of Würzburg and Institute of Experimental Biomedicine I, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Lloyd J. Bridge

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Environment & Technology, Department of Computer Science and Creative Technologies, University of the West England, Bristol, United Kingdom

Christoph Wierling

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

c.wierling@alacris.de (CW); s.p.watson@bham.ac.uk (SPW)

Affiliation Alacris Theranostics, GmbH, Berlin, Germany

Steve P. Watson

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

c.wierling@alacris.de (CW); s.p.watson@bham.ac.uk (SPW)

Affiliations Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, IBR Building, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE), Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, School of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

We have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SPW and NSP declare a patent to protect the nanobodies which was filed on 21st December 2021 (PCT/EP2021/087129: ‘Nanobody’). All other authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.