About the Authors

Ellie H. Jhun

Contributed equally to this work with: Ellie H. Jhun, Nilanjana Sadhu

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Nilanjana Sadhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Ellie H. Jhun, Nilanjana Sadhu

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ying He

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Yingwei Yao

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Diana J. Wilkie

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Robert E. Molokie

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Jesse Brown Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Zaijie Jim Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

zjwang@uic.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Neurology & Rehabilitation, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.