About the Authors

Star M. Dunham-Ems

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Melissa J. Caimano

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Christian H. Eggers

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut, United States of America

Justin D. Radolf

jradolf@up.uchc.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMDE MJC CHE JDR. Performed the experiments: SMDE MJC CHE. Analyzed the data: SMDE MJC CHE JDR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMDE MJC CHE JDR. Wrote the paper: SMDE MJC JDR.