About the Authors

Joshua E. Basford

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Metabolic Diseases Institute, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Sheryl Koch

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Ahmad Anjak

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Vivek P. Singh

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Eric G. Krause

Current address: Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Nathan Robbins

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Neal L. Weintraub

Current address: Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

David Y. Hui

huidy@ucmail.uc.edu (DYH); rubinsjk@ucmail.uc.edu (JR)

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Metabolic Diseases Institute, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jack Rubinstein

huidy@ucmail.uc.edu (DYH); rubinsjk@ucmail.uc.edu (JR)

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NLW DYH JR. Performed the experiments: JEB SK AA VPS EGK NR. Analyzed the data: JEB EGK NLW DYH JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EGK DYH JR. Wrote the manuscript: JEB NLW DYH JR.