About the Authors

Liara M. Gonzalez

Affiliations Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Ian Williamson

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, UNC/NCSU Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jorge A. Piedrahita

Affiliations Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Anthony T. Blikslager

Affiliations Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Scott T. Magness

magness@med.unc.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Cell Biology & Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, UNC/NCSU Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMG STM JAP ATB. Performed the experiments: LMG IW. Analyzed the data: LMG JAP ATB STM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAP ATB STM. Wrote the paper: LMG IW JAP ATB STM.