About the Authors

Hua V. Lin

lin_hua@lilly.com

Affiliation Lilly China Research and Development Center (LCRDC), Eli Lilly & Company, Shanghai, China

Alexander M. Efanov

Affiliation Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Corporate Center, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Xiankang Fang

Affiliation Lilly China Research and Development Center (LCRDC), Eli Lilly & Company, Shanghai, China

Lisa S. Beavers

Affiliation Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Corporate Center, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Xuesong Wang

Affiliation Lilly China Research and Development Center (LCRDC), Eli Lilly & Company, Shanghai, China

Jingru Wang

Affiliation Lilly China Research and Development Center (LCRDC), Eli Lilly & Company, Shanghai, China

Isabel C. Gonzalez Valcarcel

Affiliation Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Corporate Center, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Tianwei Ma

Affiliation Lilly China Research and Development Center (LCRDC), Eli Lilly & Company, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

All authors are current or former employees and may hold stocks of Eli Lilly & Co. This does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HVL AME ICGV TM. Performed the experiments: HVL AME XF LSB XW JW. Analyzed the data: HVL AME XF LSB XW JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ICGV TM. Wrote the paper: HVL AME.