About the Authors

Wenle Xia

Neil.Spector@duke.edu (NS); wenle.xia@duke.edu (WX)

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

David Gooden

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Research Drive, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Leihua Liu

Affiliation Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Sumin Zhao

Affiliation Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Erik J. Soderblom

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Research Drive, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Eric J. Toone

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Research Drive, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Wayne F. Beyer Jr

Affiliation QNS Group, LLC, Bahama, North Carolina, United States of America

Harold Walder

Affiliation Immunolight LLC, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Neil L. Spector

Neil.Spector@duke.edu (NS); wenle.xia@duke.edu (WX)

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: co-author Harold Walder is employed by Immunolight LLC. Wayne F. Beyer Jr is employed by QNS Group, LLC. This study was funded by Immunolight LLC. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: WX NS. Performed the experiments: LL DG SZ ES. Analyzed the data: WX NS WB HW ES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ET DG ES. Wrote the paper: NS WX.