About the Authors

Scott W. Burchiel

sburchiel@salud.unm.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Fredine T. Lauer

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Ellen J. Beswick

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

A. Jay Gandolfi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Faruque Parvez

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, United States of America

Ke Jian Liu

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Laurie G. Hudson

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SWB FTL EJB AJG FP KJL LGH. Performed the experiments: FTL EJB. Analyzed the data: SWB FTL EJB AJG FP KJL LGH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJG EJB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SWB FTL EJB AJG FP KJL LGH.