About the Authors

Kirk R. Hutchinson

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

C. Kevin Lord

Affiliation Feik School of Pharmacy, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

T. Aaron West

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

James A. Stewart Jr

jstewart@biology.msstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAS KRH KCL TAW. Performed the experiments: JAS KRH KCL TAW. Analyzed the data: JAS KRH KCL TAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAS KRH KCL TAW. Wrote the paper: JAS KRH KCL TAW.