About the Authors

Natalia Sharova

Contributed equally to this work with: Natalia Sharova, Yuanfei Wu

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yuanfei Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Natalia Sharova, Yuanfei Wu

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xiaonan Zhu

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ruzena Stranska

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rajnish Kaushik

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mark Sharkey

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mario Stevenson

Mario.stevenson@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: N. Sharova Y. Wu X. Zhu R. Stranska R. Kaushik M. Sharkey M. Stevenson. Performed the experiments: N. Sharova Y. Wu X. Zhu R. Stranska M. Sharkey. Analyzed the data: N. Sharova Y. Wu X. Zhu R. Stranska M. Stevenson. Wrote the paper: N. Sharova Y. Wu X. Zhu R. Stranska M. Stevenson.