About the Authors

Eswar Krishnan

e.krishnan@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

EK has served as a consultant to Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc., URL Pharmaceuticals Inc., Metabolic, Inc., and UCB Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and has received grant support from URL, ARDEA biosciences and Takeda. However, these entities did not sponsor this study or have access to the contents prior to publication. EK was responsible for all aspects of this manuscript from concept to finalizing the manuscript. He serves as the guarantor for this paper. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the author’s 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: EK. Performed the experiments: EK. Analyzed the data: EK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EK. Wrote the paper: EK.