About the Authors

Michael P. Grant

Current address: Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Affiliation Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Clinic, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Alice Cavanaugh

Affiliation Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Clinic, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gerda E. Breitwieser

gebreitwieser@geisinger.edu

Affiliation Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Clinic, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPG AC GEB. Performed the experiments: MPG AC GEB. Analyzed the data: MPG AC GEB. Wrote the paper: GEB.