About the Authors

Kemal Erdem Basaran

Affiliations Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Melikgazi, Kayseri, Turkey

Michael Villongco

Affiliation Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Baran Ho

Affiliation Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Erika Ellis

Affiliation Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Rachel Zarndt

Affiliation Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Julie Antonova

Affiliation Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Susan R. Hopkins

Affiliations Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Frank L. Powell

fpowell@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FLP SRH. Performed the experiments: MV BH EE RZ JA FLP. Analyzed the data: KEB MV BH EE SRH FLP. Wrote the paper: KEB BH EE JA SRH FLP.