About the Authors

Yanan Hou

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Stephen A. Ernst

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Edward L. Stuenkel

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Stephen I. Lentz

Affiliation Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

John A. Williams

jawillms@umich.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAW YH ELS. Performed the experiments: YH SAE SIL. Analyzed the data: YH SAE ELS SIL JAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YH SAE ELS SIL JAW. Wrote the paper: YH SAE ELS SIL JAW.