About the Authors

Ekemini A. Udofa

Contributed equally to this work with: Ekemini A. Udofa, Brett W. Stringer

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Brett W. Stringer

Contributed equally to this work with: Ekemini A. Udofa, Brett W. Stringer

Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston, Queensland, Australia

Padmaja Gade

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Donna Mahony

Current address: Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Australia

Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston, Queensland, Australia

Marguerite S. Buzza

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Dhananjaya V. Kalvakolanu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Toni M. Antalis

tantalis@som.umaryland.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BWS EAU TMA. Performed the experiments: EAU BWS DM MSB. Analyzed the data: EAU BWS PG MSB DVK TMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PG DVK. Wrote the paper: EAU BWS DVK TMA.