About the Authors

Elena Pinceti

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Health Science Division, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Cody L. Shults

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Health Science Division, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Yathindar S. Rao

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Health Science Division, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Toni R. Pak

tpak@luc.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Health Science Division, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EP TRP. Performed the experiments: EP CLS YSR. Analyzed the data: EP TRP CLS YSR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EP TRP. Wrote the paper: EP TRP YSR CLS.