About the Authors

Joseph Zacharia

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph Zacharia, Joseph R. H. Mauban

jzach001@umaryland.edu

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

Joseph R. H. Mauban

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph Zacharia, Joseph R. H. Mauban

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

Hema Raina

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

Steven A. Fisher

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

Withrow G. Wier

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JZ JRM WGW. Performed the experiments: JZ JRM HR. Analyzed the data: JZ JRM SAF WGW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JZ JRM SAF WGW. Wrote the paper: JZ JRM SAF WGW.