About the Authors
- Shunlin Ren
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* E-mail: sren@vcu.edu
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs McGuire Medical Center/Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Jin Koung Kim
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs McGuire Medical Center/Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Genta Kakiyama
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs McGuire Medical Center/Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Daniel Rodriguez-Agudo
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs McGuire Medical Center/Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- William M. Pandak
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs McGuire Medical Center/Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Hae-Ki Min
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs McGuire Medical Center/Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Yanxia Ning
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs McGuire Medical Center/Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Competing Interests
This project has been licensed and funded by Durect Corporation. There are no awarded patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SR. Performed the experiments: SR JK GK YN. Analyzed the data: SR JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR JK DR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SR HM WP.