About the Authors
- Victoria L. Herrera
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Julius L. Decano
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Glaiza A. Tan
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Ann M. Moran
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Khristine A. Pasion
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Yuichi Matsubara
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Nelson Ruiz-Opazo
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* E-mail: nruizo@bu.edu
Affiliation Department of Medicine and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
Boston University has filed patents on DEspR for diagnostic and therapeutic agents with NRO and VLH as co-inventors. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VLH NRO. Performed the experiments: VLH JLD GAT AMM KAP YM. Analyzed the data: VLH NRO. Wrote the paper: VLH NRO.