About the Authors

Damian C. Genetos

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

Alice Wong

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

Thomas J. Weber

Affiliation Systems Toxicology, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States of America

Norman J. Karin

Affiliation Systems Toxicology, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States of America

Clare E. Yellowley

cyellowley@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DCG AW TJW NK CEY. Performed the experiments: DCG AW TJW NK. Analyzed the data: DCG AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TJW NK. Wrote the paper: DCG CEY.