About the Authors

Meghan T. Maher

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Rigen Mo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Annette S. Flozak

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ofra N. Peled

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National Louis University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Cara J. Gottardi

c-gottardi@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MTM CG. Performed the experiments: MTM RM ASF ONP. Analyzed the data: MTM CG. Wrote the paper: MTM CG.