About the Authors

Bridgette M. Dingle

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yuying Liu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Nicole Y. Fatheree

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Juleen Min

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

J. Marc Rhoads

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Dat Q. Tran

dat.q.tran@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DQT. Performed the experiments: BMD YL NF JM DQT. Analyzed the data: BMD YL DQT. Wrote the paper: BMD DQT YL. Edited the Manuscript: JMR.