About the Authors

Elizabeth Rendina

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Kelsey D. Hembree

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

McKale R. Davis

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Denver Marlow

Affiliation Comparative Medicine Group, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Stephen L. Clarke

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Bernard P. Halloran

Affiliation Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Edralin A. Lucas

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Brenda J. Smith

bjsmith@okstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Brenda Smith is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. Please know that this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ER BPH EAL SLC BJS. Performed the experiments: ER KDH DM MRD SLC EAL BJS. Analyzed the data: ER KDH BJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ER BJS SLC EAL. Wrote the paper: ER KDH MRD DM SLC BPH EAL BJS.