About the Authors

Joshua S. Son

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Shanawaj Khair

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Donald W. Pettet III

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Nengtai Ouyang

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Xinyu Tian

Affiliation Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Yuanhao Zhang

Affiliation Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Wei Zhu

Affiliation Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Gerardo G. Mackenzie

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Charles E. Robertson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Diana Ir

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Daniel N. Frank

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Basil Rigas

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Ellen Li

ellen.li@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EL. Performed the experiments: JS SK DP NO DF DI. Analyzed the data: YZ XT WZ JS DF CR SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EL GM YZ XT WZ CR DF. Wrote the paper: EL JS DF DP BR GM WZ YZ XT CR DI SK NO.