About the Authors

Jonathan A. Kopechek

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan A. Kopechek, Andrew R. Carson

Affiliations Dept. of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Dept. of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States of America

Andrew R. Carson

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan A. Kopechek, Andrew R. Carson

Affiliation Dept. of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Charles F. McTiernan

Affiliation Dept. of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Xucai Chen

Affiliation Dept. of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Edwin C. Klein

Affiliation Dept. of Laboratory Animal Resources, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Flordeliza S. Villanueva

villanuevafs@upmc.edu

Affiliation Dept. of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC CM XC FV. Performed the experiments: AC JK. Analyzed the data: AC CM EK JK XC FV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC CM JK XC FV. Wrote the paper: AC CM EK JK XC FV.