About the Authors

Peter G. Traber

traber@galectintherapeutics.com

Affiliations Galectin Therapeutics Inc, Norcross, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hsin Chou

Affiliation Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America

Eliezer Zomer

Affiliation Galectin Therapeutics Inc, Norcross, Georgia, United States of America

Feng Hong

Affiliation Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America

Anatole Klyosov

Affiliation Galectin Therapeutics Inc, Norcross, Georgia, United States of America

Maria-Isabel Fiel

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America

Scott L. Friedman

Affiliation Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

Authors PGT, EZ, and AK are or have been employed by Galectin Therapeutics, a public company, and SLF is a compensated consultant of Galectin Therapeutics. Additionally, Galectin Therapeutics funded this work so the same authors have an affiliation to the commercial funders. However, 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: PGT SLF EZ. Performed the experiments: HC IMF FH. Analyzed the data: PGT SLF EZ AK HC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PGT EZ AK. Wrote the paper: PGT SLF. Added review to manuscript: EZ AK FH HC MIF. Histological analysis: MIF.