About the Authors

Evgeny A. Zemskov

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Irina Mikhailenko

Affiliations Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ru-Ching Hsia

Affiliation Core Imaging Facility, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Liubov Zaritskaya

Affiliation Applied and Developmental Research Support Program, Science Applications International Corporation, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Alexey M. Belkin

abelkin@som.umaryland.edu

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: EAZ IM RH LZ AMB. Analyzed the data: EAZ IM RH LZ AMB. Wrote the paper: AMB.