About the Authors

David C. Nieman

niemandc@appstate.edu

Affiliation Appalachian State University, Human Performance Lab, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, NC, United States of America

Johannes Scherr

Affiliation Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Munich, Germany

Beibei Luo

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Road, Shanghai, 200433, China

Mary Pat Meaney

Affiliation Appalachian State University, Human Performance Lab, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, NC, United States of America

Didier Dréau

Affiliation Charlotte Research Institute & Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, United States of America

Wei Sha

Affiliation Bioinformatics Services Division, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, NC, United States of America

Dustin A. Dew

Affiliation Appalachian State University, Human Performance Lab, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, NC, United States of America

Dru A. Henson

Affiliation Department of Biology, Immunology Laboratory, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, United States of America

Kirk L. Pappan

Affiliation Metabolon Inc., Durham, NC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors confirm that funding through the American Pistachio Growers did not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DCN JS MPM DAD DH. Performed the experiments: DCN BL MPM DAD. Analyzed the data: DCN DD WS KLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DCN BL MPM DD DH KLP. Wrote the paper: DCN JS BL MPM DD WS DAD DH KLP.