About the Authors

Sudha Sharma

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Robert M. Brosh Jr.

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: BroshR@grc.nia.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB SS. Performed the experiments: SS. Analyzed the data: RB SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS. Wrote the paper: RB SS.