About the Authors

Tatjana Abaffy

tabaffy@med.miami.edu

Affiliation Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Robert Duncan

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Daniel D. Riemer

Affiliation Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Olaf Tietje

Affiliation Systaim GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland

George Elgart

Affiliation Department of Cutaneous Surgery and Dermatology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Clara Milikowski

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

R. Anthony DeFazio

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TA. Performed the experiments: TA DR GE. Analyzed the data: TA RD OT RAD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA CM. Wrote the paper: TA RAD.