About the Authors

Francisco Clemente-Vicario

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Carlos E. Alvarez

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Human Genetics, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Jennie L. Rowell

Affiliation College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Satavisha Roy

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Cheryl A. London

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

William C. Kisseberth

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Gwendolen Lorch

lorch.2@osu.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GL WCK CEA JLR. Performed the experiments: FCV CEA JLR SR. Analyzed the data: GL FCV CEA JLR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAL CEA WCK JLR. Wrote the paper: GL FCV WCK CEA. Obtained permission for use of the BACA cell line: WCK.