About the Authors

Jerome Deval

jdeval@aliosbiopharma.com (JD); lbeigelman@aliosbiopharma.com (LB)

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jin Hong

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Guangyi Wang

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Josh Taylor

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lucas K. Smith

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Amy Fung

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Sarah K. Stevens

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Hong Liu

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Zhinan Jin

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Natalia Dyatkina

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Marija Prhavc

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Antitsa D. Stoycheva

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Vladimir Serebryany

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jyanwei Liu

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

David B. Smith

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Yuen Tam

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Qingling Zhang

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Martin L. Moore

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Rachel Fearns

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sushmita M. Chanda

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lawrence M. Blatt

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Julian A. Symons

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Leo Beigelman

jdeval@aliosbiopharma.com (JD); lbeigelman@aliosbiopharma.com (LB)

Affiliation Alios BioPharma, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: JD, JH, GW, JT, LKS, AF, SKS, HL, ZJ, ND, MP, ADS, VS, JL, DBS, YT, QZ, SMC, LMB, JAS, and LB are current or former employees of Alios BioPharma, a Janssen Pharmaceutical Company of Johnson & Johnson. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JD JH GW ZJ ADS JL DBS QZ SKS LB SMC. Performed the experiments: JD JT LKS AF SKS HL ZJ ND MP ADS VS YT. Analyzed the data: JD JH GW ZJ ADS JL DBS QZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLM RF. Wrote the paper: JD MLM RF ADS MP DBS JAS LMB LB SMC.