About the Authors

Hidenori Yano

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

yano.hidenori.kb@daiichisankyo.co.jp

Affiliations Modality Research Laboratories, Biologics Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Daisuke Nishimiya

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Modality Research Laboratories, Biologics Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Yoshirou Kawaguchi

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Modality Research Laboratories, Biologics Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Masakazu Tamura

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Modality Research Laboratories, Biologics Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Ryuji Hashimoto

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

Affiliation Modality Research Laboratories, Biologics Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: All authors are employees of Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. H.Y., D.N., and R.H. are the inventors of the patent application relating to the inhibitors described in this paper, and all rights of the patent have been assigned to Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.