About the Authors

Shannon R. M. Kinney

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Western New England University, Springfield, MA 01119, United States of America

Logan Carlson

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Western New England University, Springfield, MA 01119, United States of America

Jennifer Ser-Dolansky

Affiliation Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, United States of America

Chelsea Thompson

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Western New England University, Springfield, MA 01119, United States of America

Sagar Shah

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Western New England University, Springfield, MA 01119, United States of America

Amos Gambrah

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Western New England University, Springfield, MA 01119, United States of America

Wei Xing

Affiliation University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, United States of America

Sallie S. Schneider

Affiliation Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, United States of America

Clinton B. Mathias

clinton.mathias@wne.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Western New England University, Springfield, MA 01119, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CBM SRK SSS. Performed the experiments: CBM SRK LC JSD CT SS AG SSS. Analyzed the data: CBM SRK LC SSS WX JSD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CBM SRK SSS. Wrote the paper: CBM SRK SSS.