About the Authors

Isma Mian

Contributed equally to this work with: Isma Mian, Willythssa Stéphie Pierre-Louis

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine and University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Willythssa Stéphie Pierre-Louis

Contributed equally to this work with: Isma Mian, Willythssa Stéphie Pierre-Louis

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine and University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Neha Dole

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine and University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Renée M. Gilberti

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine and University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Kimberly Dodge-Kafka

Affiliation Calhoun Center for Cardiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Jennifer S. Tirnauer

tirnauer@uchc.edu

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine and University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JST KDK. Performed the experiments: IM WPL ND RMG. Analyzed the data: JST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KDK. Wrote the paper: JST.