About the Authors

Melisa A. Soland

Affiliation Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Mariana Bego

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Retrovirology, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Evan Colletti

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Esmail D. Zanjani

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Stephen St. Jeor

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Christopher D. Porada

Affiliation Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Graça Almeida-Porada

galmeida@wakehealth.edu

Affiliation Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GAP CDP. Performed the experiments: MS MB EC. Analyzed the data: MS GAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSJ EDZ. Wrote the paper: GAP CP MS.