About the Authors

Karen L. Posey

Karen.Posey@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Peiman Liu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Huiqiu R. Wang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Alka C. Veerisetty

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Joseph L. Alcorn

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jacqueline T. Hecht

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Shriners Hospital for Children, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KLP JH. Performed the experiments: KLP PL HRW ACV. Analyzed the data: KLP PL HRW ACV JLA JH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KLP PL HRW ACV JLA. Wrote the paper: KLP JLA JH.