About the Authors

Patrick G. Arndt

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Brian Strahan

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Yue Wang

Affiliation Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Chunmei Long

Affiliation Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Keisuke Horiuchi

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Bruce Walcheck

walch003@umn.edu

Affiliation Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BW PGA. Performed the experiments: BW PGA BS YW CL. Analyzed the data: BW PGA BS YW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KH CL. Wrote the paper: BW PGA.