About the Authors

Martin J. Tinkerhess

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin J. Tinkerhess, Lindsey Healy

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Lindsey Healy

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin J. Tinkerhess, Lindsey Healy

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Matthew Morgan

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Alyson Sujkowski

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Erin Matthys

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Li Zheng

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Robert J. Wessells

wessells@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RW. Performed the experiments: MJT LH MM EM LZ RJW. Analyzed the data: MJT AS RJW. Wrote the paper: MJT RJW.