About the Authors

Paul J. Groot-Kormelink

Affiliation Musculoskeletal Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Sandrine Ferrand

Affiliation Center for Proteomic Chemistry, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Nicholas Kelley

Affiliation Analytical Sciences and Imaging, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Anke Bill

Affiliation Center for Proteomic Chemistry, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Felix Freuler

Affiliation Center for Proteomic Chemistry, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Pierre-Eloi Imbert

Affiliation Center for Proteomic Chemistry, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Anthony Marelli

Affiliation Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, San Diego, California, United States of America

Nicole Gerwin

Affiliation Musculoskeletal Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Lucia G. Sivilotti

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Loren Miraglia

Affiliation Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, San Diego, California, United States of America

Anthony P. Orth

Affiliation Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, San Diego, California, United States of America

Edward J. Oakeley

Affiliation Analytical Sciences and Imaging, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Ulrich Schopfer

Affiliation Center for Proteomic Chemistry, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Sandra Siehler

sandra.siehler@novartis.com

Affiliation Center for Proteomic Chemistry, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

All authors except L.G. Sivilotti are employed by the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SS PJGK US APO LM NG EJO. Formal analysis: PJGK SS SF NK. Investigation: SF PJGK NK AM. Methodology: PJGK SS NK PEI LM. Project administration: SS PJGK. Resources: FF PEI. Supervision: SS PJGK NK LM. Validation: SF PJGK NK. Visualization: PJGK SS NK AB. Writing – original draft: PJGK SS SF AB LGS NK. Writing – review & editing: SS PJGK AB LGS.