About the Authors

Zhongxing Liang

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhongxing Liang, Weiqiang Zhan, Aizhi Zhu

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Weiqiang Zhan

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhongxing Liang, Weiqiang Zhan, Aizhi Zhu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Aizhi Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhongxing Liang, Weiqiang Zhan, Aizhi Zhu

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Younghyoun Yoon

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Songbai Lin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Maiko Sasaki

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jan-Michael A. Klapproth

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hua Yang

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hans E. Grossniklaus

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jianguo Xu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mauricio Rojas

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ronald J. Voll

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mark M. Goodman

Affiliations Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Richard F. Arrendale

Affiliation The Emory Institute for Drug Discovery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jin Liu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

C. Chris Yun

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

James P. Snyder

hshim@emory.edu (HS); dliotta@emory.edu (DCL); jsnyder@emory.edu (JPS)

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, The Emory Institute for Drug Discovery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dennis C. Liotta

hshim@emory.edu (HS); dliotta@emory.edu (DCL); jsnyder@emory.edu (JPS)

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, The Emory Institute for Drug Discovery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hyunsuk Shim

hshim@emory.edu (HS); dliotta@emory.edu (DCL); jsnyder@emory.edu (JPS)

Affiliations Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

MSX-122 was developed by HS, DL, JS, WZ, and ZL, and its patent and IND are owned by Emory University. MSX-122 is not associated with any commercial entity. Otherwise the authors have declared that no competing interest exist. 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: CCY HEG MR MMG JPS DCL HS. Performed the experiments: ZL WZ YY AZ SL MS JX HY JL RJV. Analyzed the data: JAK ZL AZ HY CCY HEG MR RFA JPS DCL HS. Wrote the paper: ZL WZ AZ CCY JPS DCL HS.