About the Authors

Brandi D. Freeman

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Yuri C. Martins

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Oscar B. Akide-Ndunge

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Fernando P. Bruno

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Hua Wang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Herbert B. Tanowitz

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

David C. Spray

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Mahalia S. Desruisseaux

m.desruis@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BDF YCM MSD. Performed the experiments: BDF YCM OBA. Analyzed the data: BDF OBA MSD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DCS HBT MSD. Wrote the paper: BDF DCS HBT MSD. Optimized all conditions for performance and analysis of IVIS imaging: FPB. Synthesized compounds used in the experiments for treatment of mice: HW.