About the Authors

Mariana Pehar

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Gyda Beeson

Affiliation SCCP Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Craig C. Beeson

Affiliation SCCP Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Jeffrey A. Johnson

Affiliation Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Waisman Center, Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Marcelo R. Vargas

vargasm@musc.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAJ MRV. Performed the experiments: MP GB MRV. Analyzed the data: MP GB CCB JAJ MRV. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MP MRV.