About the Authors

Sunpeng Wang

Affiliation Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Patricia Hottz

Affiliation Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mauro Schechter

Affiliations Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Projeto Praça Onze, Hospital Escola São Francisco de Assis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Libin Rong

rong2@oakland.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and Center for Biomedical Research, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SW LR. Performed the experiments: SW LR. Analyzed the data: SW LR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PH MS. Wrote the paper: SW LR.