About the Authors
- James K. Tsuruta
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Contributed equally to this work with: James K. Tsuruta, Nancy Klauber-DeMore
Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
- Nancy Klauber-DeMore
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Contributed equally to this work with: James K. Tsuruta, Nancy Klauber-DeMore
* E-mail: nancy_demore@med.unc.edu
Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, UNC McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Jason Streeter
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Affiliations Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
- Jennifer Samples
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Cam Patterson
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Affiliation UNC McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Russell J. Mumper
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Affiliations Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- David Ketelsen
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Paul Dayton
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Affiliations Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Methods and Compositions for Tumor Vasculature Imaging and Targeted Therapy, Provisional patent application no. 61/877,526. Inventors: Nancy Klauber-DeMore, MD, Paul Dayton, PHD, James Tsuruta, PhD, Cam Patterson, MD, Russ Mumper, MD filed 9/13/13; Discovery of Novel Targets for Angiogenesis Inhibition, Provisional patent application no. 61/053,397. Inventors: NK-D, CP. Dr. Klauber-DeMore is co-founder, shareholder, Chief Scientific Officer, and Board Member of Enci Therapeutics, Inc.. Dr. Patterson is co-founder, shareholder, President, and Board Member of Enci Therapeutics, Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JKT NKD J. Streeter CP RJM PD. Performed the experiments: JKT J. Streeter J. Samples DK. Analyzed the data: JKT J. Streeter J. Samples DK PD NKD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NKD CP PD. Wrote the paper: NKD JKT PD.