About the Authors

Timothy L. Lochmann

Affiliations Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Ravindar R. Thomas

Affiliation Parkinson’s Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

James P. Bennett Jr

Affiliations Parkinson’s Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Shirley M. Taylor

smtaylor@vcu.edu

Affiliations Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TLL RRT JPB SMT. Performed the experiments: TLL RRT. Analyzed the data: TLL RRT JPB SMT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPB SMT. Wrote the paper: TLL SMT.