About the Authors

Kathleen H. Cox

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Eduardo Ruiz-Bustos

Current address: Departmento de Ciencias Quimico Biológicas, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Harry S. Courtney

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

James B. Dale

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Morgan A. Pence

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Victor Nizet

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Ramy K. Aziz

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Ivan Gerling

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Susan M. Price

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

David L. Hasty

dhasty@utmem.edu

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KHC ERB HC JBD DLH. Performed the experiments: KHC ERB HC VN RKA IG SMP. Analyzed the data: KHC ERB HC VN RKA IG DLH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAP RKA IG SMP. Wrote the paper: KHC HC JBD VN DLH.