About the Authors

Emily B. Martin

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily B. Martin, Angela Williams, Marina Ramirez-Alvarado, Luis M. Blancas-Mejia, Stephen J. Kennel, Jonathan S. Wall

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Angela Williams

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily B. Martin, Angela Williams, Marina Ramirez-Alvarado, Luis M. Blancas-Mejia, Stephen J. Kennel, Jonathan S. Wall

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Craig Wooliver

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

R. Eric Heidel

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Sarah Adams

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

John Dunlap

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Microscopy Facility, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Marina Ramirez-Alvarado

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily B. Martin, Angela Williams, Marina Ramirez-Alvarado, Luis M. Blancas-Mejia, Stephen J. Kennel, Jonathan S. Wall

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Luis M. Blancas-Mejia

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily B. Martin, Angela Williams, Marina Ramirez-Alvarado, Luis M. Blancas-Mejia, Stephen J. Kennel, Jonathan S. Wall

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Ronald H. Lands

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Stephen J. Kennel

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily B. Martin, Angela Williams, Marina Ramirez-Alvarado, Luis M. Blancas-Mejia, Stephen J. Kennel, Jonathan S. Wall

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jonathan S. Wall

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily B. Martin, Angela Williams, Marina Ramirez-Alvarado, Luis M. Blancas-Mejia, Stephen J. Kennel, Jonathan S. Wall

jwall@utmck.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy, and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: EBM and JSW are inventors of intellectual property that is subject to a provisional patent application. The application is entitled “Methods & Systems for Identifying Amyloidogenic Proteins” (EFS ID: 25579066; Application # 62326671). The disclosure relates generally to methods and systems for identifying proteins that have a propensity toward progressing to amyloid development. In accordance with university policy, this disclosure was assigned to the University of Tennessee Research Foundation. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: EBM SJK JSW MR-A. Data curation: AW EBM. Formal analysis: LMB-M MR-A REH SA JSW EBM. Funding acquisition: JSW. Investigation: MR-A AW SJK EBM CW JD LMB-M. Methodology: JSW EBM SJK. Project administration: JSW. Supervision: EBM JSW MR-A. Validation: EBM AW SJK CW JD LMB-M. Visualization: EBM JSW. Writing – original draft: EBM RHL SJK JSW. Writing – review & editing: EBM MR-A RHL LMB-M SJK JSW.