About the Authors

Tian Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Tian Yang, Elizabeth S. Scholl

Affiliations Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology Head-Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Elizabeth S. Scholl

Contributed equally to this work with: Tian Yang, Elizabeth S. Scholl

Affiliations Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology Head-Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Ning Pan

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Bernd Fritzsch

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology Head-Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Françoise Haeseleer

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Amy Lee

amy-lee@uiowa.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology Head-Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TY ESS NP BF FH AL. Performed the experiments: TY ESS NP. Analyzed the data: TY ESS NP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FH AL. Wrote the paper: TY ESS AL.