About the Authors

Maureen O. Shanks

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Linda M. Lund

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sabrina Manni

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Hematology Branches, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Padova, Italy

Mary Russell

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Trumbull Campus, Kent State University, Warren, Ohio, United States of America

Joseph R. H. Mauban

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Meredith Bond

m.bond40@csuohio.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, College of Sciences and Health Professions, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MOS LL SM MR JM MB. Performed the experiments: MOS LL SM MR JM. Analyzed the data: MOS JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MOS SM MR JM MB. Wrote the paper: MOS LL MB. Editing: MOS LL MB.