About the Authors

Rotimi O. Olojo

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Andrew P. Ziman

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Erick O. Hernández-Ochoa

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Paul D. Allen

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Martin F. Schneider

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Christopher W. Ward

ward@son.umaryland.edu

Affiliation University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CWW MFS PDA APZ EHO ROO. Performed the experiments: CWW MFS PDA APZ EHO ROO. Analyzed the data: CWW MFS PDA APZ EHO ROO. Wrote the paper: CWW MFS PDA APZ EHO ROO.