About the Authors

James S. Goodwin

jsgoodwi@utmb.edu

Affiliations Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, The Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, The Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Elizabeth Jaramillo

Affiliations Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, The Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Liu Yang

Affiliation Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Yong-Fang Kuo

Affiliations Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, The Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Alai Tan

Affiliations Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, The Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSG. Performed the experiments: LY YFK AT. Analyzed the data: JSG EJ YFK AT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LY. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JSG EJ AT.