About the Authors

Xiao-lei Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-lei Zhang, Sara R. Guariglia

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Sara R. Guariglia

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-lei Zhang, Sara R. Guariglia

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Jennifer L. McGlothan

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Kirstie H. Stansfield

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Patric K. Stanton

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Tomás R. Guilarte

trguilarte@columbia.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TRG PKS. Performed the experiments: XZ SRG JLM KHS. Analyzed the data: XZ SRG PKS TRG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PKS TRG. Wrote the paper: TRG PKS SRG.