About the Authors

Allison Bruce

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Rebecca Evans

Affiliation Alexander B. Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation Program, Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Ryan Mezan

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Lin Shi

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Blake S. Moses

Affiliation Alexander B. Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation Program, Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Karen H. Martin

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Laura F. Gibson

yong.yang@mail.wvu.edu (YY); lgibson@hsc.wvu.edu (LFG)

Affiliations Alexander B. Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation Program, Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Yong Yang

yong.yang@mail.wvu.edu (YY); lgibson@hsc.wvu.edu (LFG)

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University, 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: YY LFG. Performed the experiments: AB RE LS BSM. Analyzed the data: AB RE RM KHM YY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KHM LFG YY. Wrote the paper: YY LFG.