About the Authors

Jenna E. McGowan

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, United States of America

Jacqueline Kratch

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States of America

Saurabh Chattopadhyay

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, United States of America

Bina Joe

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, United States of America

Heather R. Conti

Roles Data curation, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States of America

Ritu Chakravarti

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ritu.chakravarti@utoledo.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, United States of America

Competing Interests

Provisional patent (USPTO) file number: 62/583,697 to Ritu Chakravarti and Heather R. Conti. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.