About the Authors

Amin M. Cheikhi

Contributed equally to this work with: Amin M. Cheikhi, Zariel I. Johnson

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Zariel I. Johnson

Contributed equally to this work with: Amin M. Cheikhi, Zariel I. Johnson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Dana R. Julian

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Department of Health Promotion and Development, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Sarah Wheeler

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Carol Feghali-Bostwick

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States of America

Yvette P. Conley

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

James Lyons-Weiler

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Genomic and Proteomic Core Laboratories, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Cecelia C. Yates

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

cey4@pitt.edu

Affiliations McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Department of Health Promotion and Development, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.