About the Authors

Olga A. Kovalenko

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Pathology, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Jessica Kaplunov

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Utz Herbig

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Sonia deToledo

Affiliation Department of Radiology, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Edouard I. Azzam

Affiliation Department of Radiology, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Janine H. Santos

santosja@umdnj.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UH EA JS. Performed the experiments: OOK JMK Sd EA. Analyzed the data: OOK JMK UH JS. Wrote the paper: OOK UH EA JS.