About the Authors

Amin Al-Shami

aalshami@lexpharma.com

Affiliation Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

Kanchan G. Jhaver

Affiliation Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

Peter Vogel

Affiliation Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

Carrie Wilkins

Affiliation Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

Juliane Humphries

Affiliation Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

John J. Davis

Affiliation Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

Nianhua Xu

Affiliation Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

David G. Potter

Affiliation Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

Brenda Gerhardt

Affiliation Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

Robert Mullinax

Affiliation Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

Cynthia R. Shirley

Affiliation Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

Stephen J. Anderson

Affiliation Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

Tamas Oravecz

Affiliation Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors of this article are or have been employees of, and received stock options from, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. All of the above does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAS KGJ. Performed the experiments: AAS KGJ PV CW JH JJD NX DGP BG RM CRS. Analyzed the data: AAS KGJ. Wrote the paper: AAS. Discussed results: SJA TO. Edited and corrected manuscript: SJA TO.