About the Authors

Kai Connie Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Kai Connie Wu, Peter R. McDonald

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Peter R. McDonald

Contributed equally to this work with: Kai Connie Wu, Peter R. McDonald

Affiliation University of Kansas High Throughput Screening Laboratory, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Jie Jerry Liu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Rathnam Chaguturu

Affiliation Center for Advanced Drug Research, SRI International, Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America

Curtis D. Klaassen

cklaasse@kumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: PM JL KW RC. Analyzed the data: PM JL KW CK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC. Wrote the paper: KW PM CK. Conceived the experiments: CK KW. Designed the experiments: PM CK KW.