About the Authors

Lenore D. Pitstick

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

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, United States of America

Joanna Goral

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

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, United States of America

Ryan A. Schmelter

Roles Investigation

Current address: Department of Surgery, Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, IA, United States of America

Affiliation Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, United States of America

Christine M. Fuja

Roles Investigation

Current address: Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Affiliation Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, United States of America

Mae J. Ciancio

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

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, United States of America

Matthew Pytynia

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

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, United States of America

Alice Meyer

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

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, United States of America

Jacalyn M. Green

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

jgreen@midwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.