About the Authors

Sonlee D. West

sowest@salud.unm.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Daniel Goldberg

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Anna Ziegler

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Michael Krencicki

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Terry W. Du Clos

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, VA Medical Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Carolyn Mold

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDW TWD CM. Performed the experiments: DG AZ SDW MK. Analyzed the data: SDW CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SDW TWD CM. Wrote the paper: SDW CM TWD.