About the Authors

I-Fang Ling

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Jiraganya Bhongsatiern

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

James F. Simpson

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

David W. Fardo

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Steven Estus

steve.estus@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IL SE. Performed the experiments: IF JB JS. Analyzed the data: IL JB JF DF SE. Wrote the paper: IF SE.