About the Authors

María José Hernández-Corbacho

Affiliation Department of Medicine Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Russell W. Jenkins

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Christopher J. Clarke

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Yusuf A. Hannun

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Lina M. Obeid

Affiliations Department of Medicine Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Ashley J. Snider

Affiliations Department of Medicine Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Leah J. Siskind

siskind@musc.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJS AJS RWJ. Performed the experiments: MJH-C AJS LJS RWJ. Analyzed the data: MJH-C RWJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJS AJS CJC RWJ YAH LMO. Wrote the paper: MJH-C LJS AJS CJC RWJ YAH LMO.