About the Authors

Victoria L. Palmer

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Michele D. Kassmeier

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

James Willcockson

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Mohammed P. Akhter

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Osteoporosis Research Center, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Diane M. Cullen

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Patrick C. Swanson

pswanson@creighton.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PCS DMC. Performed the experiments: VLP MDK JW MPA. Analyzed the data: VLP PCS. Wrote the paper: PCS.