About the Authors

Seon A. Lee

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research and Rehabilitation Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America

Kevin S. Holly

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research and Rehabilitation Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America

Vladislav Voziyanov

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research and Rehabilitation Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America

Stephanie L. Villalba

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, United States of America

Rudi Tong

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Holly E. Grigsby

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research and Rehabilitation Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America

Edward Glasscock

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, United States of America

Francis G. Szele

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ioannis Vlachos

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research and Rehabilitation Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America

Teresa A. Murray

bioengineer1@hotmail.com; tmurray@latech.edu

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research and Rehabilitation Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL KH TM EG FS. Performed the experiments: SL VV HG SV RT. Analyzed the data: SL KH VV IV TM. Wrote the paper: SL KH VV SV RT HG EG FS IV TM.