About the Authors

Daniel J. Hogan

Affiliation Regulus Therapeutics, San Diego, California, United States of America

Thomas M. Vincent

Affiliation Regulus Therapeutics, San Diego, California, United States of America

Sarah Fish

Affiliation Regulus Therapeutics, San Diego, California, United States of America

Eric G. Marcusson

Affiliation Regulus Therapeutics, San Diego, California, United States of America

Balkrishen Bhat

Affiliation Regulus Therapeutics, San Diego, California, United States of America

B. Nelson Chau

nchau@regulusrx.com (BNC); dzisoulis@regulusrx.com (DGZ)

Affiliation Regulus Therapeutics, San Diego, California, United States of America

Dimitrios G. Zisoulis

nchau@regulusrx.com (BNC); dzisoulis@regulusrx.com (DGZ)

Affiliation Regulus Therapeutics, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Regulus Therapeutics Inc. has approved or pending patents involving miRNA technology. More specifically, Regulus holds exclusive rights to patents covering miR-122 anti-miRs and their application in inhibiting HCV replication and miR-21 anti-miRs and their use as cancer and fibrosis therapeutics (U.S. Patents No. 7,232,806, No. 7,307,067, No. 7,582,744 and No. 7,683,036). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DGZ DJH EGM BNC. Performed the experiments: DJH DGZ TMV SF. Analyzed the data: DJH DGZ TMV SF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB. Wrote the paper: DGZ DJH EGM BNC.