About the Authors

Denise V. Kratschmar

Affiliation Swiss Center for Applied Human Toxicology and Division of Molecular and Systems Toxicology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Diego Calabrese

Affiliation Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research – PCS – iTox – Molecular Pathology and Immunology, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

Jo Walsh

Affiliation MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Adam Lister

Affiliation Swiss Center for Applied Human Toxicology and Division of Molecular and Systems Toxicology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Julia Birk

Affiliation Swiss Center for Applied Human Toxicology and Division of Molecular and Systems Toxicology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Christian Appenzeller-Herzog

Affiliation Swiss Center for Applied Human Toxicology and Division of Molecular and Systems Toxicology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Pierre Moulin

Affiliation Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research – PCS – iTox – Molecular Pathology and Immunology, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

Chris E. Goldring

Affiliation MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Department of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Alex Odermatt

alex.odermatt@unibas.ch

Affiliation Swiss Center for Applied Human Toxicology and Division of Molecular and Systems Toxicology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

DVK, JW, AL, JB, CAH, CEG, and AO have no competing interests. DC and PM are employees of Novartis AG, Basel, Switzerland. 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: AO DVK AL DC PM JB CAH. Performed the experiments: DVK DC JW AL JB. Analyzed the data: DVK DC JW AL JB CEG AO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AO CEG CAH PM. Wrote the paper: DVK DC AL JB CAH CEG PM.