About the Authors

Yuehui Wang

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Sarbani Ghoshal

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Martin Ward

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Willem de Villiers

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Jerold Woodward

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Erik Eckhardt

Erik.eckhardt@uky.edu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW EE. Performed the experiments: YW SG MW EE. Analyzed the data: YW SG MW WdV JW EE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EE. Wrote the paper: EE.