About the Authors

Kourtney P. Nickerson

Affiliations Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Christine McDonald

mcdonac2@ccf.org

Affiliations Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve 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: KPN CM. Performed the experiments: KPN. Analyzed the data: KPN CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KPN CM. Wrote the paper: KPN CM.