About the Authors
- Gregory D. Ferguson
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* E-mail: gferguson66@yahoo.com
Affiliation Department of Inflammation Research, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Mercedes Delgado
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Veronique Plantevin-Krenitsky
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Kristen Jensen-Pergakes
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Affiliation Department of Tumor Cell Biology, Pfizer Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- R. J. Bates
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Affiliation Department of Inflammation Research, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Sanaa Torres
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Affiliation Department of Inflammation Research, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Maria Celeridad
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Affiliation Department of Inflammation Research, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Heather Brown
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Kelven Burnett
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Lisa Nadolny
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Lida Tehrani
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Garrick Packard
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Barbra Pagarigan
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Jason Haelewyn
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Trish Nguyen
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Li Xu
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Affiliation Department of Inflammation Research, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Yang Tang
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Matthew Hickman
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Frans Baculi
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Steven Pierce
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Keiji Miyazawa
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Affiliation Department of Corporate Planning and Strategy, Kissei Pharmaceutical Company, Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan
- Pilgrim Jackson
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Philip Chamberlain
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Laurie LeBrun
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Weilin Xie
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Affiliation Department of Inflammation Research, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Brydon Bennett
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Affiliation Department of Inflammation Research, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Kate Blease
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
KJ-P is an employee of Pfizer Corporation and declares no competing interests. KM is an employee of Kissei Pharmaceutical Company and declares no competing interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Celgene does have an issued patent for CC-509: US 8299056-B2.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GDF MD BB K. Blease WX LL MD. Performed the experiments: KJ-P RJB MC LX MH FB ST JH TN SP HB K. Burnett YT BP PJ VP-K LN LT GP. Analyzed the data: PJ PC GDF LL K. Blease MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM PC. Wrote the paper: GDF MD K. Blease BB LL PC.