About the Authors

Jessica R. Weaver

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Jerry L. Nadler

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America, Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

David A. Taylor-Fishwick

taylord@evms.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America, Strelitz Diabetes Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DATF JRW. Performed the experiments: JRW. Analyzed the data: DATF JRW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DATF JLN. Wrote the paper: DATF JRW. Reviewed and provided edits: DATF JRW JLN.