About the Authors

Magdalena M. Przybycien-Szymanska

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Natasha N. Mott

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Caitlin R. Paul

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Roberta A. Gillespie

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Toni R. Pak

tpak@lumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMP-S TRP. Performed the experiments: MMP-S NNM CRP RAG TRP. Analyzed the data: MMP-S TRP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMP-S TRP. Wrote the paper: MMP-S TRP.