About the Authors

Jennifer A. Borcherding

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Haihan Chen

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Juan C. Caraballo

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Jonas Baltrusaitis

Affiliation Central Microscopy Research Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Alejandro A. Pezzulo

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Joseph Zabner

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Vicki H. Grassian

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Alejandro P. Comellas

alejandro-comellas@uiowa.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAB HC JCC JB AP AC VG JZ. Performed the experiments: JAB JB JCC HC. Analyzed the data: JAB JB AC VG HC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC JZ VG. Wrote the paper: JAB VG AC.