About the Authors

Kamala Bhavaraju

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Parth R. Lakhani

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Robert T. Dorsam

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jianguo Jin

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ian S. Hitchcock

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Archana Sanjay

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Satya P. Kunapuli

spk@temple.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB ISH AS SPK. Performed the experiments: KB PRL RTD JJ. Analyzed the data: KB JJ SPK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ISH AS. Wrote the paper: KB SPK.