About the Authors

Jutamas Suwanpradid

Affiliations Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Culver Vision Discovery Institute, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Modesto Rojas

Affiliations Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Culver Vision Discovery Institute, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Cellular Biology & Anatomy, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

M. Ali Behzadian

Affiliation Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

R. William Caldwell

Affiliations Culver Vision Discovery Institute, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Cellular Biology & Anatomy, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Ruth B. Caldwell

rcaldwel@gru.edu

Affiliations Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Culver Vision Discovery Institute, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS MR RWC RBC. Performed the experiments: JS MR MAB. Analyzed the data: JS MR RBC MAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RBC RWC MAB. Wrote the paper: JS MR. Edited and revised the manuscript: MAB RWC RBC.