About the Authors

Zachary M. Slifer

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

Affiliation Comparative Medicine Institute, Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Liliana Hernandez

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

Affiliation Comparative Medicine Institute, Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Tiffany A. Pridgen

Roles Investigation, Resources, Software

Affiliation Comparative Medicine Institute, Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Alexandra R. Carlson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Comparative Medicine Institute, Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Kristen M. Messenger

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Comparative Medicine Institute, Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Jay Madan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, NC, United States of America

B. Radha Krishnan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Sandeep Laumas

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation 9 Meters Biopharma, Inc., Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Anthony T. Blikslager

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Anthony_Blkslager@ncsu.edu

Affiliation Comparative Medicine Institute, Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Competing Interests

Anthony Blikslager and Zachary Slifer were funded, in part, by Innovate Pharmaceuticals to perform this work. Anthony Blikslager consulted for Innovate Biopharmaceuticals Inc and 9 Meters Biopharma. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.