About the Authors

Adi Shemesh

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Arian Abdulla

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Fajun Yang

Affiliations Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Streamson C. Chua

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Jeffrey E. Pessin

Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Haihong Zong

haihong.zong@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS SC HZ JP. Performed the experiments: AS AA HZ. Analyzed the data: AS HZ JP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FY. Wrote the paper: AS HZ JP.