About the Authors
- David Bar-Or
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* E-mail: dbaror@ampiopharma.com
Affiliations Trauma Research Department, Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, Colorado, United States of America, Trauma Research Department, St Anthony Hospital, Lakewood, Colorado, United States of America, Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States of America, Rocky Vista University, Aurora Colorado, United States of America
- Kristin M. Salottolo
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Affiliations Trauma Research Department, Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, Colorado, United States of America, Trauma Research Department, St Anthony Hospital, Lakewood, Colorado, United States of America, Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States of America
- Holli Loose
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Affiliation Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States of America
- Matthew J. Phillips
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Affiliation University Orthopaedic Center, Amherst, New York, United States of America
- Brian McGrath
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Affiliation University Orthopaedic Center, Amherst, New York, United States of America
- Nathan Wei
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Affiliation Arthritis Treatment Center, Frederick Maryland, United States of America
- James L. Borders
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Affiliation Central Kentucky Research Associates, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
- John E. Ervin
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Affiliation Center for Pharmaceutical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Alan Kivitz
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Affiliation Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Mark Hermann
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Affiliation Danville Orthopeadic Clinic, Danville Virginia, United States of America
- Tammi Shlotzhauer
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Affiliation Rochester Medical Research, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Melvin Churchill
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Affiliation Physician Research Collaboration, Lincoln Nebraska, United States of America
- Donald Slappey
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Affiliation Alabama Clinical Therapeutics, LLC, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Vaughan Clift
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Affiliation Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: Financial support for this study was provided by Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the employer of David Bar-Or, Kristin M. Salottolo, Vaughan Clift and Holli Loose who have stock/stock options in the company. David Bar-Or is also a board member, and inventor of patents (not paid) at Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Brian McGrath and Matthew Phillips have stock/stock options in the company. Ampion (LMWF-5A) is a product of Ampio Pharmaceuticals. There are no marketed products related to this work. There are several patents and products in development related to this work. Please see the supporting information file for more details. Donald Slappey is an employee of Alabama Clinical Therapeutics, LLC. This does not alter the authors' 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: DBO VC HL. Performed the experiments: BM MJP NW JLB JEE AK MH TS MC DS. Analyzed the data: KMS VC. Wrote the paper: KMS DBO.