About the Authors

Melisa A. Soland

Current address: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Mariana G. Bego

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Retrovirology, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, Québec, Canada

Evan Colletti

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Christopher D. Porada

Current address: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Esmail D. Zanjani

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Stephen St. Jeor

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Graça Almeida-Porada

galmeida@wakehealth.edu

Current address: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GAP CP. Performed the experiments: MS MB EC. Analyzed the data: GAP MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EZ SSJ CP. Wrote the paper: GAP MS CP.