About the Authors

Nuruddeen D. Lewis

Affiliation Departments of Immunology and Inflammation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

Lori A. Patnaude

Affiliation Departments of Immunology and Inflammation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

Josephine Pelletier

Affiliation Departments of Immunology and Inflammation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

Donald J. Souza

Affiliation Departments of Immunology and Inflammation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

Susan M. Lukas

Affiliation Departments of Immunology and Inflammation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

F. James King

Affiliation Departments of Immunology and Inflammation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

Jonathan D. Hill

Affiliation Research Networking, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

Dimitria E. Stefanopoulos

Affiliation Departments of Immunology and Inflammation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

Kelli Ryan

Affiliation Departments of Immunology and Inflammation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

Sudha Desai

Affiliation Departments of Immunology and Inflammation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

Donna Skow

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

Stefan G. Kauschke

Affiliation CardioMetabolic Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Biberach, Germany

Andre Broermann

Affiliation CardioMetabolic Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Biberach, Germany

Daniel Kuzmich

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

Christian Harcken

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

Eugene R. Hickey

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

Louise K. Modis

Louise-kelly.modis@boehringer-ingelheim.com

Affiliation Departments of Immunology and Inflammation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgebury, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors were employees of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, whose company funded this study, when the work was performed. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NDL LAP DS SML JDH KR DJS LKM. Performed the experiments: NDL LAP JP SML DES KR SD DS. Analyzed the data: NDL LAP JP DS SML FJK JDH DES KR DJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SGK AB DK CH ERH. Wrote the paper: LKM NDL FJK LAP.