About the Authors

Gordon I. Smith

Contributed equally to this work with: Gordon I. Smith, Philip Atherton

Affiliation School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Philip Atherton

Contributed equally to this work with: Gordon I. Smith, Philip Atherton

Affiliation School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health, University of Nottingham, Derby, United Kingdom

Dennis T. Villareal

Affiliation School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Tiffany N. Frimel

Affiliation School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Debbie Rankin

Affiliation School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health, University of Nottingham, Derby, United Kingdom

Michael J. Rennie

Affiliation School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health, University of Nottingham, Derby, United Kingdom

Bettina Mittendorfer

mittendb@wustl.edu

Affiliation School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BM DV MR. Performed the experiments: GS DV. Analyzed the data: BM GS PA DV TF DR MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BM GS PA DV MR. Wrote the paper: BM GS PA DV MR.