About the Authors

Pingping Mao

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Mary P. Hever-Jardine

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Gilbert J. Rahme

Affiliation Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Eric Yang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Janice Tam

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Anita Kodali

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Bijesh Biswal

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Camilo E. Fadul

Affiliations Neurology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Arti Gaur

Affiliations Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Mark A. Israel

Affiliations Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America, Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Michael J. Spinella

michael.spinella@dartmouth.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM GR CEF AG MAI MJS. Performed the experiments: PM MPH GJR EY JT AK BB AG MJS. Analyzed the data: PM MPH GJR EY JT AK BB AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CEF AG MAI. Wrote the manuscript: PM MJS.