About the Authors

Arturo Bravo-Nuevo

bravo-nuevo@LIMR.org

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR), Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Alice Marcy

Affiliation Dynamis Pharmaceuticals Co. Inc., Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Minzhou Huang

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR), Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Frank Kappler

Affiliation Dynamis Pharmaceuticals Co. Inc., Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jennifer Mulgrew

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR), Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lisa Laury-Kleintop

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR), Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Melvin Reichman

Affiliation LIMR Chemical Genomics Center Inc., Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Annette Tobia

Affiliation Dynamis Pharmaceuticals Co. Inc., Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

George C. Prendergast

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR), Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

This work was funded by a grant from Dynamis Therapeutics Inc. Alice Marcy, Frank Kappler and Annette Tobia are employed by Dynamis Pharmaceuticals Co. Inc. and own shares of Dynamis Therapeutics Inc. Dynamics Pharmaceuticals markets products based on meglumine. George C. Prendergast and Melvin Reichman are employed respectively by the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR) and the LIMR Chemical Genomics Center Inc. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: ABN AM LLK GP AT. Performed the experiments: ABN AM FK JM MH. Analyzed the data: ABN AM FK LLK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ABN GP AT LLK JM. Wrote the paper: ABN MR AM GP.