About the Authors

Jian Zhang

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Oxana P. Lazarenko

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Michael L. Blackburn

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Kartik Shankar

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Thomas M. Badger

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Martin J. J. Ronis

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Jin-Ran Chen

chenjinran@uams.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J-RC. Performed the experiments: J-RC JZ OPL MLB. Analyzed the data: J-RC KS. Wrote the paper: J-RC TMB MJJR.