About the Authors
- Chaoxing Yang
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Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Agata Jurczyk
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Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Philip diIorio
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Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Elaine Norowski
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Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Michael A. Brehm
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Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Christian W. Grant
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Affiliation Biomedical Research Models, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Dennis L. Guberski
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Affiliation Biomedical Research Models, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Dale L. Greiner
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Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Rita Bortell
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*E-mail: rita.bortell@umassmed.edu
Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dennis L. Guberski is President and C.E.O. and Christian W. Grant is a salaried employee of Biomedical Research Models. This does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CY EN MAB CWG DLG RB. Performed the experiments: CY AJ EN. Analyzed the data: CY AJ PdI MAB CWG DLG RB. Wrote the manuscript: CY AJ PdI CWG DLG RB.