About the Authors

Nuzhath Tajuddin

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Kwan-Hoon Moon

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

S. Alex Marshall

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Kimberly Nixon

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Edward J. Neafsey

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Hee-Yong Kim

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Signaling, NIAAA, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Michael A. Collins

mcollin@luc.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAC EJN NT KHM KN SAM. Performed the experiments: NT KHM. Analyzed the data: MAC NT HYK EJN KN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NT KHM HYK KN EJN. Wrote the paper: MAC EJN KN HYK.