About the Authors

Ola Fjellström

ola.fjellstrom@astrazeneca.com

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases Innovative Medicines, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Sibel Akkaya

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases Innovative Medicines, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Hans-Georg Beisel

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases Innovative Medicines, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Per-Olof Eriksson

Affiliation Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Karl Erixon

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases Innovative Medicines, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

David Gustafsson

Affiliation Bioscience, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases Innovative Medicines, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Ulrik Jurva

Affiliation Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases Innovative Medicines, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Daiwu Kang

Affiliation Bioscience, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases Innovative Medicines, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

David Karis

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases Innovative Medicines, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Wolfgang Knecht

Affiliation Bioscience, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases Innovative Medicines, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Viveca Nerme

Affiliation Bioscience, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases Innovative Medicines, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Ingemar Nilsson

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases Innovative Medicines, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Thomas Olsson

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases Innovative Medicines, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Alma Redzic

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases Innovative Medicines, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Robert Roth

Affiliation Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Jenny Sandmark

Affiliation Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Anna Tigerström

Affiliation Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Linda Öster

Affiliation Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: All authors are, or were, employees of AstraZeneca. This does not alter adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OF SA HGB POE KE DG UJ D. Kang D. Karis WK VN IN TO AR RR JS AT LO. Performed the experiments: SA HGB POE KE UJ D. Karis WK IN TO AR RR JS AT LO. Analyzed the data: OF SA HGB POE KE DG UJ D. Kang D. Karis WK VN IN TO AR RR JS AT LO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA KE D. Karis AR RR. Wrote the paper: OF HGB POE DG UJ D. Kang D. Karis WK VN IN TO JS AT.