About the Authors

Nilesh Dharajiya

Affiliation National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Proteomics Center, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Swapnil V. Vaidya

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Hiroki Murai

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Victor Cardenas

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Alexander Kurosky

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Istvan Boldogh

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Sanjiv A. Sur

sasur@utmb.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ND SS. Performed the experiments: ND HM. Analyzed the data: ND SV HM SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VC AK IB SS. Wrote the paper: ND SV SS.