About the Authors

Lawrence T. Bish

bish@mail.med.upenn.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mark Yarchoan

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Meg M. Sleeper

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Clinical Studies, Veterinary Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jeffrey A. Gazzara

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kevin J. Morine

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Pedro Acosta

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Elisabeth R. Barton

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Dental Medicine and Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

H. Lee Sweeney

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LTB MMS ERB HLS. Performed the experiments: LTB MMS PA ERB. Analyzed the data: LTB MY JAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMS KJM ERB. Wrote the paper: LTB MY HLS.