About the Authors
- Troy A. Luster
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Affiliation Department of Oncology Research, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Ipsita Mukherjee
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Affiliation Department of Oncology Research, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Jeffrey A. Carrell
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Affiliation Department of Lead Development, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Yun Hee Cho
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Affiliation Department of Lead Development, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Jeffrey Gill
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Affiliation Department of Lead Development, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Lizbeth Kelly
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Affiliation Department of Immunology Research, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Andy Garcia
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Affiliation Department of Lead Development, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Christopher Ward
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Affiliation Department of Lead Development, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Luke Oh
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Affiliation Department of Immunology Research, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Stephen J. Ullrich
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Affiliation Department of Lead Development, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Thi-Sau Migone
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Affiliation Department of Immunology Research, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Robin Humphreys
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* E-mail: robin_humphreys@hgsi.com
Affiliation Department of Oncology Research, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's competing interests policy and have the following financial conflicts: All authors are current or former employees and stock holders of Human Genome Sciences. HGS owns several granted and pending patents directed to isolated BLyS polypeptides and BLyS-toxin fusion, details of which will be made available on request. None of the listed authors on the manuscript are inventors on the above-referenced patents. These disclosures do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TAL YHC TSM RH. Performed the experiments: TAL IM JAC YHC JG LK AG CW. Analyzed the data: TAL IM SJU TSM RH LO. Wrote the paper: TAL JAC YHC AC.