About the Authors

Min Jae Song

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Susann M. Brady-Kalnay

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Sara H. McBride

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Polly Phillips-Mason

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

David Dean

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Melissa L. Knothe Tate

knothetate@case.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America,

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLKT MJS SMBK. Performed the experiments: MJS PPM SHM. Analyzed the data: MJS MLKT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLKT SMBK DD. Wrote the paper: MJS SMBK SHM PPM DD MLKT.