About the Authors

Sameh S. Ali

ssali@ucsd.edu (SSA); d2zhou@ucsd.edu (DZ)

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, The Center for Aging and Associated Diseases, Helmy Institute of Medical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt

Mary Hsiao

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Huiwen W. Zhao

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Laura L. Dugan

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Neuroscience, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Gabriel G. Haddad

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Neuroscience, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Dan Zhou

ssali@ucsd.edu (SSA); d2zhou@ucsd.edu (DZ)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSA DZ LLD GGH. Performed the experiments: SSA DZ MH HWZ. Analyzed the data: SSA DZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LLD GGH SSA. Wrote the paper: SSA DZ GGH.