About the Authors

Alexandra C. Chadwick

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Rebecca L. Holme

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Yiliang Chen

Affiliation Blood Research Institute, Blood Center of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Michael J. Thomas

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Mary G. Sorci-Thomas

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Roy L. Silverstein

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Blood Research Institute, Blood Center of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Kirkwood A. Pritchard Jr

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Children’s Research Institute, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Daisy Sahoo

dsahoo@mcw.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACC RLH YC MJT MGST RLS KAP DS. Performed the experiments: ACC RLH YC MJT. Analyzed the data: ACC RLH YC MJT DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ACC RLH YC MJT MGST RLS KAP DS. Wrote the paper: ACC RLH YC MJT MGST RLS KAP DS.