About the Authors

Shizhong Han

Affiliation Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Joel M. Guthridge

Affiliation Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Isaac T. W. Harley

Affiliation Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Andrea L. Sestak

Affiliation Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Xana Kim-Howard

Affiliation Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Kenneth M. Kaufman

Affiliations Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Bahram Namjou

Affiliation Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Harshal Deshmukh

Affiliation Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Gail Bruner

Affiliation Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Luis R. Espinoza

Affiliation Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Gary S. Gilkeson

Affiliation Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

John B. Harley

Affiliations Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Judith A. James

Affiliations Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Swapan K. Nath

swapan-nath@omrf.ouhsc.edu

Affiliations Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SN JG IH AS JJ. Performed the experiments: KK. Analyzed the data: SN SH XK BN HD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG SN GB LE JH. Wrote the paper: SN SH JG JJ.