About the Authors

Kamaldeen A. Muili

Current address: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Rangos Research Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Sandeep Gopalakrishnan

Current address: Cardiovascular Center, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Janis T. Eells

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Jeri-Anne Lyons

jlyons@uwm.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: The study was partly funded by Quantum Biomedical. Dr. Eells has served as a consultant for Quantum Biomedical. Dr. Lyons and Dr. Eells are listed as researchers on the Quantum Biomedical website. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors. No other authors have any conflicts to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAL JTE. Performed the experiments: KAM SG. Analyzed the data: JAL KAM JTE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAL JTE. Wrote the paper: KAM JAL JTE SG.