About the Authors

Andrea Slusser

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America

Chandra S. Bathula

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America

Donald A. Sens

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America

Seema Somji

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America

Mary Ann Sens

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America

Xu Dong Zhou

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America

Scott H. Garrett

scott.garrett@med.und.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAS AS SHG CSB SS. Performed the experiments: AS SHG CSB SS XDZ MAS. Analyzed the data: AS CSB SS SHG XDZ DAS. Wrote the paper: DAS SHG AS CSB.