About the Authors

Anamika Basu

abasu@llu.edu

Affiliation Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine and Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Heather Rojas

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Hiya Banerjee

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Irena B. Cabrera

Affiliation Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine and Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Kayla Y. Perez

Affiliation Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine and Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Marino De León

Affiliation Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine and Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Carlos A. Casiano

Affiliations Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine and Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB CAC. Performed the experiments: AB IBC KYP. Analyzed the data: AB HR HB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDL. Wrote the paper: AB CAC.