About the Authors

Philippe A. Gallay

gallay@scripps.edu (PG); rfoster@ciclofilin.com (RF)

Affiliation Department of Immunology & Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Michael D. Bobardt

Affiliation Department of Immunology & Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Udayan Chatterji

Affiliation Department of Immunology & Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Daniel J. Trepanier

Affiliation Ciclofilin Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Daren Ure

Affiliation Ciclofilin Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Cosme Ordonez

Affiliation Ciclofilin Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Robert Foster

gallay@scripps.edu (PG); rfoster@ciclofilin.com (RF)

Affiliation Ciclofilin Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

P.A. Gallay is on the Scientific Advisory Board of Ciclofilin Pharmaceuticals Inc., but this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PG DT DU CO RF. Performed the experiments: MB UC DU. Analyzed the data: PG DT DU CO RF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PG DT DU CO RF. Wrote the paper: PG DT DU CO RF.