About the Authors

Diana L. Bonilla

bonilla@bcm.edu

Current address: Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Lan H. Ly

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Yang-Yi Fan

Affiliations Program in Integrative Nutrition & Complex Diseases, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Faculty of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Robert S. Chapkin

Affiliations Program in Integrative Nutrition & Complex Diseases, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Faculty of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Center for Environmental and Rural Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

David N. McMurray

Affiliations Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Faculty of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Center for Environmental and Rural Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DLB RC DNM. Performed the experiments: DLB LHL YYF. Analyzed the data: DLB LHL YYF RC DNM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DLB RC DNM. Wrote the paper: DLB LHL RC DNM.