About the Authors

Magdalena M. Przybycien-Szymanska

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Natasha N. Mott

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Toni R. Pak

tpak@lumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TP MS. Performed the experiments: MS NM. Analyzed the data: TP MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TP MS NM. Wrote the paper: TP MS.