About the Authors

Calpurnia Jayakumar

Affiliation Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Riyaz Mohamed

Affiliation Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Punithavathi Vilapakkam Ranganathan

Affiliation Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Ganesan Ramesh

gramesh@georgiahealth.edu

Affiliation Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GR. Performed the experiments: CJ RM PVR. Analyzed the data: CJ GR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJ RM PVR GR. Wrote the paper: CJ GR.