About the Authors

Yan Hu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America

Melanie Miller

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

Bo Zhang

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America

Thanh-Thanh Nguyen

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America

Martin K. Nielsen

Roles Conceptualization, Resources

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America

Raffi V. Aroian

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Raffi.Aroian@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.