About the Authors

James Shue-Min Yeh

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

Affiliations Imaging Sciences Department, Medical Research Council, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Ellen McConnell

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Robert Eckersley

Affiliation Imaging Sciences Department, Medical Research Council, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Meng-Xing Tang

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Sussan Nourshargh

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

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Dorian O. Haskard

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Petros Nihoyannopoulos

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.