About the Authors

Rekha Jagadapillai

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics – KCHRI, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Nicholas M. Mellen

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics – KCHRI, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Leroy R. Sachleben Jr

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics – KCHRI, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Evelyne Gozal

evelyne.gozal@louisville.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics – KCHRI, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EG NMM RJ. Performed the experiments: RJ NMM EG LRS. Analyzed the data: LRS EG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG NMM. Wrote the paper: RJ EG.