About the Authors

Robert M. Brouillette

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center/Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Heather Foil

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center/Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Stephanie Fontenot

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center/Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Anthony Correro

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center/Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Ray Allen

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center/Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Corby K. Martin

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center/Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Annadora J. Bruce-Keller

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center/Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Jeffrey N. Keller

Jeffrey.keller@pbrc.edu

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center/Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMB RA CKM ABK JNK. Performed the experiments: RMB HF SF AC. Analyzed the data: RMB ABK JNK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RA. Wrote the paper: RMB CKM ABK JNK.