About the Authors
- Hsin-Yuan Cheng
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Affiliation Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Runpei Wu
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Affiliation Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Abraham K. Gebre
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Affiliation Department of Pathology/Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
- Richard N. Hanna
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Affiliation Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Dan J. Smith
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Affiliation Targeson, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- John S. Parks
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Affiliation Department of Pathology/Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
- Klaus Ley
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Affiliation Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Catherine C. Hedrick
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* E-mail: hedrick@liai.org
Affiliation Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
One of the co-authors of the manuscript, Mr. Dan Smith, is employed by Targeson, Inc., a commercial company. Another co-author, Dr. Klaus Ley, is a consultant, but is not employed by Targeson, Inc. However, their affiliation to the company does not alter the authors‚ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HYC CCH. Performed the experiments: HYC RW AKG RNH DJS. Analyzed the data: HYC JSP CCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSP KL. Wrote the paper: HYC CCH.