About the Authors

Jennifer E. Snyder-Cappione

cappione@sbcglobal.net

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Camilla Tincati

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Ijeoma G. Eccles-James

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Amedeo J. Cappione III

Affiliation EMD Millipore, Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lishomwa C. Ndhlovu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Laura L. Koth

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Douglas F. Nixon

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSC AC LN LK DN. Performed the experiments: JSC CT AC IJC. Analyzed the data: JSC CT AC LK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC DN. Wrote the paper: JSC CT. Reviewed/edited the manuscript: AJ IJC LK LN DN.