About the Authors

Heather A. Baskind

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Lucy Na

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Quanhong Ma

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Mayur P. Patel

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

David L. Geenen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology and the Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Q. Tian Wang

qtwang@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QTW. Performed the experiments: HAB LN QM MPP QTW. Analyzed the data: HAB LN QM DLG QTW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DLG. Wrote the paper: HAB QTW.