About the Authors

Smita Majumder

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, The Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Arlan Richardson

Affiliations The Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center and Research Service, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Randy Strong

Affiliations The Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center and Research Service, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Salvatore Oddo

oddo@uthscsa.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, The Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SO. Performed the experiments: SM. Analyzed the data: SO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS AR. Wrote the paper: SO.