About the Authors

Yuxun Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sivakama S. Bharathi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Matthew J. Rardin

Affiliation Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, United States of America

Radha Uppala

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Eric Verdin

Affiliation Gladstone Institutes, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Bradford W. Gibson

Affiliation Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, United States of America

Eric S. Goetzman

eric.goetzman@chp.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EG YZ SB MR BG. Performed the experiments: YZ SB MR EG RU. Analyzed the data: EG YZ MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BG EV. Wrote the paper: EG YZ SB RU MR BG EV.