About the Authors

Esra Roan

eroan@memphis.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Christopher M. Waters

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Bin Teng

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Manik Ghosh

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Andreas Schwingshackl

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ER AS CMW. Performed the experiments: BT MG. Analyzed the data: ER AS CMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS ER CMW. Wrote the paper: ER AS CMW.