About the Authors

Zerrin Kuras

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Yeo-Heung Yun

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America

Ameet A. Chimote

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Lisa Neumeier

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Laura Conforti

Laura.Conforti@uc.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZK Y-HY LC. Performed the experiments: ZK Y-HY AAC LN. Analyzed the data: ZK Y-HY AAC LN LC. Wrote the paper: ZK LC.