About the Authors

Ivana Gaziova

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Daniel Jackson

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Paul J. Boor

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Dwayne Carter

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Zobeida Cruz-Monserrate

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Cornelis J. Elferink

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Aditya D. Joshi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Bhupendra Kaphalia

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Craig D. Logsdon

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Karen Pereira de Castro

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Lynn Soong

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Xinrong Tao

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Suimin Qiu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Lisa A. Elferink

lisa.elferink@utmb.edu

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: IG CJE LAE. Data curation: IG DJ LAE. Formal analysis: IG DJ PJB BK XT LS SQ. Funding acquisition: DJ CJE CDL LAE. Investigation: IG DJ BK KPdC XT LAE. Methodology: IG DJ DC ZC-M ADJ CDL BK XT LAE. Project administration: LAE. Resources: CJE ZC-M CDL SQ LAE. Supervision: CJE LAE. Validation: IG DJ KPdC. Visualization: IG LAE. Writing – original draft: IG CJE LS LAE. Writing – review & editing: IG ZC-M CJE CDL LS LAE.