About the Authors

Jonathan Berrout

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mykola Mamenko

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Oleg L. Zaika

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lihe Chen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, The University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Wenzheng Zang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, The University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Oleh Pochynyuk

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Roger G. O'Neil

roger.g.oneil@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB RGO WZ OP. Performed the experiments: JB MM OLZ LC. Analyzed the data: JB LC RGO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OP WZ RGO. Wrote the paper: JB RGO.