About the Authors
- James Shue-Min Yeh
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Affiliations National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Imaging Sciences Department, Medical Research Council, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Charles A. Sennoga
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Affiliations Imaging Sciences Department, Medical Research Council, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Ellen McConnell
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Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Robert Eckersley
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Affiliation Imaging Sciences Department, Medical Research Council, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Meng-Xing Tang
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Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Sussan Nourshargh
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Affiliations National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom
- John M. Seddon
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Dorian O. Haskard
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Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Petros Nihoyannopoulos
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* E-mail: p.nihoyannopoulos@imperial.ac.uk
Affiliations National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: JY was recipient of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Cardiovascular Prize Fellowship. JY is applicant of patents pending on Microparticle Compositions (UK Patent Application GB1223332.6 and GB1300064.1; International Patent Application reference PCT/GB2013/053398). These do not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JY CAS SN JMS DOH PN. Performed the experiments: JY CAS EM. Analyzed the data: JY CAS EM RE MXT SN JMS DOH PN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY CAS EM RE SN JMS DOH PN. Wrote the paper: JY CAS EM RE MXT SN JMS DOH PN.