About the Authors

Eric M. Blalock

Contributed equally to this work with: Eric M. Blalock, Jeremiah T. Phelps

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Jeremiah T. Phelps

Contributed equally to this work with: Eric M. Blalock, Jeremiah T. Phelps

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Tristano Pancani

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

James L. Searcy

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Katie L. Anderson

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

John C. Gant

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Jelena Popovic

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Margarita G. Avdiushko

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Don A. Cohen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Kuey-Chu Chen

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Nada M. Porter

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Olivier Thibault

othibau@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMB NMP OT. Performed the experiments: JTP TP JLS MGA KCC OT. Analyzed the data: EMB JTP TP JLS KLA JP KCC OT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCG DAC NMP OT. Wrote the paper: EMB TP NMP OT.