About the Authors

James L. Young

Affiliations Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alfonso Mora

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Anna Cerny

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael P. Czech

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bruce Woda

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Robert W. Finberg

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Silvia Corvera

silvia.corvera@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLY BW EK-J RWF SC. Performed the experiments: JLY AM AC. Analyzed the data: JLY AM MPC BW EK-J RWF SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EK-J RWF MPC BW. Wrote the paper: JLY SC.