About the Authors

Sarmistha Bandyopadhyay

Affiliations Inflammation Program, University of Iowa, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Matthew E. Long

Affiliations Inflammation Program, University of Iowa, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America, Graduate Training Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Lee-Ann H. Allen

lee-ann-allen@uiowa.edu

Affiliations Inflammation Program, University of Iowa, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Graduate Training Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB MEL LAHA. Performed the experiments: SB MEL. Analyzed the data: SB MEL LAHA. Wrote the paper: SB LAHA.