About the Authors

Daniela Carmen Oniciu

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

doniciu@gemphire.com, oniciu@yahoo.com

Affiliation Gemphire Therapeutics Inc., Livonia, MI, United States of America

Taishi Hashiguchi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation SMC Laboratories, Inc., 2-16-1 Minami-Kamata Ota-City, Tokyo, Japan

Yuichiro Shibazaki

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation SMC Laboratories, Inc., 2-16-1 Minami-Kamata Ota-City, Tokyo, Japan

Charles L. Bisgaier

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Gemphire Therapeutics Inc., Livonia, MI, United States of America

Competing Interests

The research was funded by Gemphire Therapeutics. DCO and CLB are employed by a publicly owned company: Gemphire Therapeutics Inc (Nasdaq, GEMP) and have significant ownership interest. TH and YS are employed by a commercial company: SMC Laboratories Inc., a Contract Research Organization engaged in conducting preclinical studies for sponsors. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.