About the Authors

Igor Dozmorov

Affiliation University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Nicolas Dominguez

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

Andrea L. Sestak

Affiliation University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Julie M. Robertson

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

John B. Harley

Affiliations United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Judith A. James

Affiliations Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Joel M. Guthridge

Joel-Guthridge@omrf.org

Affiliation Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 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: ID ALS JBH JAJ JMG. Performed the experiments: ID ND ALS JMG. Analyzed the data: ID ALS JMR JMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ID JBH JAJ JMG. Wrote the paper: ID ND ALS JMR JBH JAJ JMG.