About the Authors

Neil S. Lamarre

Contributed equally to this work with: Neil S. Lamarre, Alan S. Braverman

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Alan S. Braverman

Contributed equally to this work with: Neil S. Lamarre, Alan S. Braverman

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Anna P. Malykhina

Affiliation Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Glenolden, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mary F. Barbe

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michael R. Ruggieri Sr

rugg@temple.edu

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: APM MRR. Performed the experiments: NSL ASB MFB. Analyzed the data: NSL ASB MFB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APM MFB MRR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NSL ASB MFB MRR.