About the Authors

Monica E. Ferreira

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Kacie Flaherty

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Philippe Prochasson

pprochasson@kumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF PP. Performed the experiments: MF KF. Analyzed the data: MF KF PP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MF KF PP. Wrote the paper: MF PP.