About the Authors

Hope K. A. Gole

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Darla L. Tharp

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Douglas K. Bowles

BowlesD@missouri.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HKAG DLT DKB. Performed the experiments: HKAG DLT DKB. Analyzed the data: HKAG DLT DKB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HKAG DLT DKB. Wrote the paper: HKAG DLT.