About the Authors

Derek D. Sloan

dereksloan@yahoo.com (DDS); koenigs@macrogenics.com (SK)

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Chia-Ying Kao Lam

Affiliation MacroGenics, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Alivelu Irrinki

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Liqin Liu

Affiliation MacroGenics, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Angela Tsai

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Craig S. Pace

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Jasmine Kaur

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Jeffrey P. Murry

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Mini Balakrishnan

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Paul A. Moore

Affiliation MacroGenics, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Syd Johnson

Affiliation MacroGenics, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Jeffrey L. Nordstrom

Affiliation MacroGenics, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Tomas Cihlar

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Scott Koenig

dereksloan@yahoo.com (DDS); koenigs@macrogenics.com (SK)

Affiliation MacroGenics, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

DDS, AI, AT, CSP, JK, JPM, MB, and TC are employed by, and own stock and/or shares in Gilead Sciences, Inc. CYKL, LL, PAM, SJ, JLN, and SK are employed by, and own stock and/or shares in MacroGenics, Inc., which has filed patent applications related to these molecules. SK is a member of the Board of Directors at MacroGenics, Inc. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DDS AI AT CSP JK JPM MB CYKL LL PAM SJ JLN. Performed the experiments: AI AT CSP JK JPM MB CYKL LL. Analyzed the data: AI AT CSP JK JPM MB CYKL LL PAM SJ JLN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AI JK CYKL. Wrote the paper: DDS AI AT CSP JPM MB TC CYKL LL JLN SK.