About the Authors

Fan Fan

Contributed equally to this work with: Fan Fan, Cheng-Wen Sun

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Cheng-Wen Sun

Contributed equally to this work with: Fan Fan, Cheng-Wen Sun

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Kristopher G. Maier

Affiliation Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Services, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Jan M. Williams

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Malikarjuna R. Pabbidi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Sean P. Didion

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

John R. Falck

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jialong Zhuo

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Richard J. Roman

rroman@umc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJR JRF. Performed the experiments: FF CWS KGM JMW MRP. Analyzed the data: FF CWS JMW MRP KGM RJR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJR. Wrote the manuscript: FF CWS KGM RJR JZ SPD.