About the Authors

Stephanie M. Marshall

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Section on Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation – Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Kathryn L. Kelley

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Section on Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Matthew A. Davis

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Section on Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Martha D. Wilson

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Section on Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Allison L. McDaniel

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Section on Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Richard G. Lee

Affiliation Cardiovascular Group, Antisense Drug Discovery, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Rosanne M. Crooke

Affiliation Cardiovascular Group, Antisense Drug Discovery, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Mark J. Graham

Affiliation Cardiovascular Group, Antisense Drug Discovery, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Lawrence L. Rudel

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Section on Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

J. Mark Brown

Contributed equally to this work with: J. Mark Brown, Ryan E. Temel

brownm5@ccf.org (JMB); ryan.temel@uky.edu (RT)

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Section on Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation – Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Ryan E. Temel

Contributed equally to this work with: J. Mark Brown, Ryan E. Temel

brownm5@ccf.org (JMB); ryan.temel@uky.edu (RT)

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Section on Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. R.M.C., R.G.L., and M.J.D. are employees of and have ownership interest in Isis Pharmaceuticals. 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: SMM JMB RET. Performed the experiments: SMM KLK MAD MDW ALM. Analyzed the data: SMM JMB RET. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RGL RMC MJG LLR. Wrote the paper: SMM JMB RET.