About the Authors

Freddyson J. Martínez-Rivera

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Juliana Pérez-Laspiur

Affiliation Translational Proteomics Center-RCMI, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

María E. Santiago-Gascot

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Abner G. Alemán-Reyes

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Emanuel García-Santiago

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Universidad del Este, Carolina, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Yolanda Rodríguez-Pérez

Affiliation Translational Proteomics Center-RCMI, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Cristhian Calo-Guadalupe

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Universidad del Este, Carolina, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Inelia Otero-Pagán

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Roxsana N. Ayala-Pagán

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Magdiel Martínez

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Yisel M. Cantres-Rosario

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Loyda M. Meléndez

Affiliations Translational Proteomics Center-RCMI, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Jennifer L. Barreto-Estrada

jennifer.barreto1@upr.edu

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JBE MSG FMR. Formal analysis: JBE JPL FMR. Funding acquisition: JBE LM. Investigation: JBE FMR MSG JPL EG CCG AA IOP RAP YR. Methodology: JBE JPL FMR MSG MM YCR. Project administration: JBE. Resources: JBE LM JPL YCR MM. Supervision: JBE JPL. Validation: FMR EG CCG AA IOP RAP. Visualization: JBE. Writing – original draft: FMR JBE JPL. Writing – review & editing: FMR JBE.