About the Authors

Doug E. Brackney

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Kendra N. Pesko

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Ivy K. Brown

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Eleanor R. Deardorff

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Jon Kawatachi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Gregory D. Ebel

gebel@salud.unm.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GDE DEB. Performed the experiments: DEB IKB ERD JK. Analyzed the data: KP DEB ERD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ERD GDE. Wrote the paper: DEB GDE KP.