About the Authors

Kumar Kotlo

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Yongna Xing

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Sonia Lather

Affiliation Jesse Brown Veterans Administration, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jean Michel Grillon

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Keven Johnson

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Randal A. Skidgel

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

R. John Solaro

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Physiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Robert S. Danziger

rdanzig@uic.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Physiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Jesse Brown Veterans Administration, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK KJ SL RD YX JMG. Performed the experiments: KK SL KJ YX JMG. Analyzed the data: KK RD YX RJS RAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK RD. Wrote the paper: KK YX RD.