About the Authors

Dhaval P. Bhatt

Affiliations Department of Basic Sciences, UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Kendra L. Puig

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America

Matthew W. Gorr

Affiliations Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute and Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Loren E. Wold

Affiliations Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute and Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Colin K. Combs

colin.combs@med.und.edu

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DPB KLP MWG LEW CKC. Performed the experiments: DPB MWG KLP. Analyzed the data: DPB MWG KLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LEW CKC. Wrote the paper: DPB MWG KLP LEW CKC.