About the Authors

Nina Bertaux-Skeirik

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Rui Feng

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Michael A. Schumacher

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jing Li

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Maxime M. Mahe

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Amy C. Engevik

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jose E. Javier

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Richard M. Peek Jr

Affiliation Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Karen Ottemann

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Veronique Orian-Rousseau

Affiliation Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Toxicology and Genetics, Hermann von Helmholtzplatz, Germany

Gregory P. Boivin

Affiliations Department of Pathology Wright State University, Health Sciences, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Michael A. Helmrath

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Yana Zavros

yana.zavros@uc.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NBS RF MAS JL MMM YZ. Performed the experiments: NBS RF MAS JL JEJ ACE GPB YZ. Analyzed the data: NBS MAS YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMP KO VOR MAH. Wrote the paper: NBS JL MMM RMP VOR YZ.