About the Authors

Haroldo A. Toque

hflorestoque@gru.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Kenia P. Nunes

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Lin Yao

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Zhimin Xu

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

Dmitry Kondrikov

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Yunchao Su

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

R. Clinton Webb

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Ruth B. Caldwell

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

R. William Caldwell

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents 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: HAT RWC. Performed the experiments: HAT KPN LY DK ZX. Analyzed the data: HAT KPN ZX DK RWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HAT DK YS RCW RBC RWC. Wrote the paper: HAT RWC.