About the Authors

Abigail E. Dobyns

Affiliation Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, United States of America

Ravi Goyal

Affiliations Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, United States of America, Division of Physiology, Pediatrics, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, United States of America

Lauren Grisham Carpenter

Affiliation Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, United States of America

Tom C. Freeman

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, United Kingdom

Lawrence D. Longo

Affiliations Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, United States of America, Departments of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, United States of America, Division of Physiology, Pediatrics, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, United States of America

Steven M. Yellon

syellon@LLU.edu

Affiliations Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, United States of America, Departments of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, United States of America, Division of Physiology, Pediatrics, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LDL SMY. Performed the experiments: LGC SMY. Analyzed the data: AED RG TF SMY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LDL RG TF SMY. Wrote the paper: AED RG LGC LDL SMY.