About the Authors

Kaylyn L. Devlin

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Tiffany Sanford

Current address: Luminex Corporation, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Asuragen Incorporated, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Lauren M. Harrison

Current address: Luminex Corporation, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Paul LeBourgeois

Current address: Live Edge LLC, Mandeville, Louisiana, United States of America

Affiliation Asuragen Incorporated, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Laura M. Lashinger

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Elizabeth Mambo

Current address: Molecular Health, The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Asuragen Incorporated, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Stephen D. Hursting

hursting@email.unc.edu

Current address: Department of Nutrition, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

At the time of study, TS, EM, and PL were employed by Asuragen, Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KLD TS LML EM SDH. Performed the experiments: KLD TS LMH PL. Analyzed the data: KLD TS PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS EM SDH. Wrote the paper: KLD SDH.