About the Authors

Sayantani Sinha

Current address: Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America

Pritam Sinharoy

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America

Ian N. Bratz

Affiliation Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical College, Rootstown, Ohio, United States of America

Derek S. Damron

ddamron@kent.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS IB DSD. Performed the experiments: SS IB. Analyzed the data: SS DSD IB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DSD IB. Wrote the paper: DSD IB SS PS.