About the Authors

Daniel F. Vatner

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine,Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America

Jaclyn Snikeris

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine,Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America

Violeta Popov

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine,Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America

Rachel J. Perry

Affiliation Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America

Yasmeen Rahimi

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine,Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America

Varman T. Samuel

varman.samuel@yale.edu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine,Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America, West Haven VAMC, West Haven, CT, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DFV VTS. Performed the experiments: DFV JS VP RJP YR. Analyzed the data: DFV JS VTS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VTS. Wrote the paper: DFV VTS.