About the Authors

Vivek Mishra

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Rachel Cline

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Pawan Noel

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jenny Karlsson

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Catherine J. Baty

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lidiya Orlichenko

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Krutika Patel

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ram Narayan Trivedi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sohail Z. Husain

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Chathur Acharya

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Passavant, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Chandra Durgampudi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Passavant, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Donna B. Stolz

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sarah Navina

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Vijay P. Singh

singhv2@upmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VPS. Performed the experiments: VM RC PN LO VPS JK. Analyzed the data: VM RC PN JK CJB LO KP RNT SZH DBS SN VPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJB SN VPS. Wrote the paper: VM RC PN KP RNT SZH CA CD SN VPS.