About the Authors

Jessica I. Gold

Affiliation Center for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jeffrey S. Martini

Affiliation Center for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jonathan Hullmann

Affiliation Center for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Erhe Gao

Affiliation Center for Translational Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

J. Kurt Chuprun

Affiliation Center for Translational Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Linda Lee

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Douglas G. Tilley

Affiliations Center for Translational Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Joseph E. Rabinowitz

Affiliations Center for Translational Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Julie Bossuyt

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Donald M. Bers

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Walter J. Koch

Walter.Koch@temple.edu

Affiliations Center for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Translational Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JIG JSM JKC JB DMB WJK. Performed the experiments: JIG JSM EG LL. Analyzed the data: JIG DGT JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JIG JH JKC DGT JER JB. Wrote the paper: JIG WJK.