About the Authors

Bindu S. Mayi

mayi@nova.edu

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Clearwater, Florida, United States of America

Jillian A. Leibowitz

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America

Arden T. Woods

Affiliation Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America

Katherine A. Ammon

Affiliation USF Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Alphonse E. Liu

Affiliation Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America

Aarti Raja

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.