About the Authors

Prashanthi Vandrangi

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Martha Sosa

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

John Y.-J. Shyy

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Victor G. J. Rodgers

vrodgers@engr.ucr.edu

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VGR PV. Performed the experiments: PV MS. Analyzed the data: PV VGR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VGR JS. Wrote the paper: PV VGR.