About the Authors

Sydney K. Elizer

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Ian Burr Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Andrew F. Marshall

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Ian Burr Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Daniel J. Moore

daniel.moore@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Ian Burr Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJM. Performed the experiments: DJM SKE AFM. Analyzed the data: DJM SKE AFM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJM. Wrote the paper: DJM.