About the Authors

Emma A. Filtz

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Ann Emery

Affiliation Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Huarui Lu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Colleen L. Forster

Affiliation BioNet, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Chris Karasch

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Timothy C. Hallstrom

halls026@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AE TCH. Performed the experiments: EAF AE HL CLF CK TCH. Analyzed the data: EAF AE TCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AE HL CK. Wrote the paper: TCH.