About the Authors

Sarah J. Borengasser

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Franchesca Lau

Affiliation Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Ping Kang

Affiliation Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Michael L. Blackburn

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Martin J. J. Ronis

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Thomas M. Badger

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Kartik Shankar

ShankarKartik@uams.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJB KS MJR TMB. Performed the experiments: SJB FL PK. Analyzed the data: SJB FL KS MJR TMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJB MLB PK FL. Wrote the paper: SJB MLB KS MJR TMB.