About the Authors

Wai-Ping Fung-Leung

wleung@its.jnj.com

Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., San Diego, California, United States of America

Wilson Edwards

Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., San Diego, California, United States of America

Yi Liu

Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., San Diego, California, United States of America

Karen Ngo

Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., San Diego, California, United States of America

Julianty Angsana

Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., San Diego, California, United States of America

Glenda Castro

Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., San Diego, California, United States of America

Nancy Wu

Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., San Diego, California, United States of America

Xuejun Liu

Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., San Diego, California, United States of America

Ronald V. Swanson

Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., San Diego, California, United States of America

Alan D. Wickenden

Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: All authors in this report are employees of the Janssen Research & Development L.L.C. Kv1.3 antagonists Kv261 peptide and Kv261-HSA-34 fusion protein are covered in our patent application US20140255401 titled “Kv1.3 Antagonists and Methods of Use”. For material owned and patented by Janssen, material transfer agreements will be required prior to sharing but this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and material.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: WPFL WE ADW RVS. Formal analysis: XJL. Investigation: WPFL ADW WE YL KN JA GC NW. Methodology: WPFL WE ADW. Supervision: WPFL ADW WE RVS. Visualization: WPFL ADW. Writing – original draft: WPFL ADW WE. Writing – review & editing: WPFL ADW WE.