About the Authors

Wei Zhang

Affiliation The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Andrea Hetzel

Affiliation The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Bijal Shah

Affiliation The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Derek Atchley

Affiliation The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Shannon R. Blume

Affiliation The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Mallika A. Padival

Affiliation The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

J. Amiel Rosenkranz

amiel.rosenkranz@rosalindfranklin.edu

Affiliation The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WZ AH JAR. Performed the experiments: WZ AH BS SRB MAP JAR. Analyzed the data: WZ AH JAR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: WZ AH DA SRB MAP.