About the Authors

Katherine J. D. A. Excoffon

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Nicholas D. Gansemer

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Matthew E. Mobily

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Philip H. Karp

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Kalpaj R. Parekh

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Joseph Zabner

joseph-zabner@uiowa.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJDAE NDG MEM JZ. Performed the experiments: KJDAE NDG MEM PK KRP. Analyzed the data: KJDAE NDG MEM JZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJDAE NDG PK KRP JZ. Wrote the paper: KJDAE NDG MEM PK KRP JZ.