About the Authors

Darrell Pilling

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

dpilling@bio.tamu.edu (DP); rgomer@tamu.edu (RHG)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Trevor C. Martinez

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

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Richard H. Gomer

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

dpilling@bio.tamu.edu (DP); rgomer@tamu.edu (RHG)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

RHG is a scientific founder of Prosia Therapies, an early-stage company developing NEU3 inhibitors as therapeutics for pulmonary fibrosis. Texas A&M University has published patent applications on the use of sialidase inhibitors (United States Patent Application 20190201485) to regulate fibrosis. DP and RHG are inventors on pending patent applications for the use of sialidase inhibitors as anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic, and/or anti-obesity compounds.