About the Authors

Soo Ghim Lim

Affiliation School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

Subbu S. Venkatraman

Affiliation School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

John C. Burnett Jr

Affiliation Cardiorenal Research Laboratory, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Horng H. Chen

chen.horng@mayo.edu

Affiliation Cardiorenal Research Laboratory, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

Cenderitide (CD-NP) has been licensed by the Mayo Clinic to Nile Therapeutics. Co-author Dr. Burnett is Chair of Nile Therapeutics' Scientific Advisory Board. There are no further 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.

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.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSV JCB HHC. Performed the experiments: SGL HHC. Analyzed the data: SGL SSV JCB HHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSV JCB HHC. Wrote the paper: SGL SSV JCB HHC.