About the Authors

Chandirasegaran Massilamany

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Francine Marciano-Cabral

Affiliation Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Bruno da Rocha-Azevedo

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

Melissa Jamerson

Affiliation Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Arunakumar Gangaplara

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

David Steffen

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Rana Zabad

Affiliation University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Zsolt Illes

Affiliations University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Raymond A. Sobel

Affiliation Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California and VA Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Jay Reddy

nreddy2@unl.edu

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM JR. Performed the experiments: CM FM-C BDR-A MJ AG. Analyzed the data: CM DS RAS JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FM-C BDR-A RZ ZI. Wrote the paper: CM JR.