About the Authors
- Fang Yuan
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Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Dana E. Tabor
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Richard K. Nelson
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Hongjiang Yuan
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Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Yijia Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Jenny Nuxoll
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Kimberly K. Bynoté
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Subodh M. Lele
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Dong Wang
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* Email: dwang@unmc.edu (DW); kagould@unmc.edu (KAG)
Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Karen A. Gould
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* Email: dwang@unmc.edu (DW); kagould@unmc.edu (KAG)
Affiliation Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Dong Wang is an inventor of a PCT patent application (WO 2005/097073), which discloses the dexamethasone prodrug development. No other coauthor declares any competing interest. The authors confirm that this potential competing interest does not alter their adherence to the PLOS ONE policies on the sharing of data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FY DW KAG. Performed the experiments: FY DET RKN HY YZ JN KKB KAG. Analyzed the data: FY DET RKN HY YZ KKB SML DW KAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DW KAG. Wrote the manuscript: FY DET RKN DW KAG.