About the Authors

Laurianne Van Landeghem

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Randall Eric Blue

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jeffrey J. Dehmer

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Susan J. Henning

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Michael A. Helmrath

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Pauline Kay Lund

empk@med.unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LVL PKL SJH MAH. Performed the experiments: LVL REB JJD. Analyzed the data: LVL REB PKL SJH MAH. Wrote the paper: LVL PKL SJH REB MAH.