About the Authors
- Daniel C.-H. Lin
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* E-mail: dclin@amgen.com
Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Jane Zhang
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Run Zhuang
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Frank Li
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Kathy Nguyen
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Michael Chen
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Thanhvien Tran
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Edwin Lopez
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Jenny Ying Lin Lu
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Xiaoyan Nina Li
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Liang Tang
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Affiliation Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States America
- George R. Tonn
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Affiliation Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States America
- Gayathri Swaminath
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Jeff D. Reagan
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Jin-Long Chen
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Hui Tian
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Yi-Jyun Lin
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Jonathan B. Houze
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Affiliation Chemistry Research and Discovery, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States America
- Jian Luo
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Affiliation Metabolic Disorders, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
All authors were employed by and shareholders in Amgen during the study period. Patents filed or issued: U.S. Patent No. 7,649,110, U.S. Patent No. 7,816,367 and WO 2005/086661. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DCHL GS JDR JLC HT YJL JBH JL. Performed the experiments: DCHL JZ RZ FL KN MC TT EL JYLL XNL LT JBH. Analyzed the data: DCHL JDR GS GRT YJL JL XNL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JBH. Wrote the paper: DCHL.