About the Authors

Bridget Hindman

Affiliation Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, West Virginia University, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Zoe Goeckeler

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases, West Virginia University, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Kostas Sierros

Affiliation Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Robert Wysolmerski

rwysolmerski@hsc.wvu.edu

Affiliations Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, West Virginia University, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America, Center for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases, West Virginia University, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BH ZG KS RW. Performed the experiments: BH RW. Analyzed the data: BH KS RW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BH ZG KS RW. Wrote the paper: BH ZG KS RW.