About the Authors

Bartosz Szczesny

baszczes@utmb.edu

Current address: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Gabor Olah

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Dillon K. Walker

Current address: Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Elena Volpi

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Blake B. Rasmussen

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Csaba Szabo

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Sankar Mitra

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BSz. Performed the experiments: BSz GO DKW. Analyzed the data: BSz EV BBR CS SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BBR CS SM. Wrote the manuscript: BSz CS SM.