About the Authors
- Anja Verhulst
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* E-mail: anja.verhulst@uantwerpen.be
Affiliation Laboratory of Pathophysiology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Shuting Sun
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Charles E. McKenna
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Patrick C. D’Haese
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Affiliation Laboratory of Pathophysiology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Competing Interests
This work was funded by a research Grant from Novartis. SS is the Chief Operating Officer of BioVinc LLC starting from January 1, 2014. CMK is the founding member and chair of the scientific board of BioVinc LLC and owns a patent US8431714 B2 licensed to BioVinc, LLC. US8431714 B2 licensed to BioVinc, LLC. There are no further 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: AV PD CMK. Performed the experiments: AV SS. Analyzed the data: AV PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AV SS CMK. Wrote the paper: AV SS CMK PD.