About the Authors

Emily N. Reinke

Current address: Army Institute of Public Health, United States Army Public Health Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Dede N. Ekoue

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Soumen Bera

Current address: School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman University, Vandalur, India

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Nadim Mahmud

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Alan M. Diamond

adiamond@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ENR DNE SB AMD . Performed the experiments: ENR DNE SB NM. Analyzed the data: ENR DNE SB AMD. Wrote the paper: ENR AMD.