About the Authors

Ahmed Al-Dwairi

These authors are co-first authors

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Adam R. Brown

These authors are co-first authors

Affiliations Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

John Mark P. Pabona

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Trang H. Van

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Hamdan Hamdan

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Charles P. Mercado

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Charles M. Quick

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Patricia A. Wight

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Rosalia C. M. Simmen

Affiliations Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Frank A. Simmen

simmenfranka@uams.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA ARB JMPP RCMS FAS. Performed the experiments: AA ARB JMPP THV HH CPM. Analyzed the data: AA ARB JMPP THV HH CPM CMQ PAW RCMS FAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH PAW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AA ARB JMPP RCMS FAS.