About the Authors

James S. Toomey

Affiliation Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Shilpa Bhatia

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America, Gene Therapy Program, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America, Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

La’Wanda T. Moon

Affiliation Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Elysse A. Orchard

Affiliations Department of Animal Resources, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Kerrie H. Tainter

Affiliation The Biomedical Research Institute of Northwest Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Stephen J. Lokitz

Affiliation The Biomedical Research Institute of Northwest Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Tracee Terry

Affiliations Department of Animal Resources, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America, Gene Therapy Program, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

J. Michael Mathis

jmathi@lsuhsc.edu

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America, Gene Therapy Program, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America, Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Andrew D. Penman

Affiliation Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JST JMM SJL ADP. Performed the experiments: SB LTM EAO KHT SJL TT JMM. Analyzed the data: JST SB KHT SJL JMM ADP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JST LTM TT ADP. Wrote the paper: JST SB EAO KHT SJL JMM ADP.