About the Authors

Victoria Florea

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Nithya Bhagavatula

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Gordana Simovic

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Francisco Y. Macedo

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Ricardo A. Fock

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Claudia O. Rodrigues

crodrigues@med.miami.edu

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: COR. Performed the experiments: VF NB GS FYM RAF COR. Analyzed the data: VF NB RF COR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: COR. Wrote the paper: COR.