About the Authors

Christina L. Grant

Affiliation Center for Vascular Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Leslie A. Caromile

Affiliation Center for Vascular Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Khayyam Durrani

Affiliation Center for Vascular Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

M. Mamunur Rahman

Affiliation Center for Vascular Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Kevin P. Claffey

Affiliation Center for Vascular Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Guo-Hua Fong

Affiliation Center for Vascular Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Linda H. Shapiro

lshapiro@neuron.uchc.edu

Affiliation Center for Vascular Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLG KPC GHF LHS. Performed the experiments: CLG KD MMR. Analyzed the data: CLG KD LAC MMR KPC GHF LHS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMR KPC GHF. Wrote the paper: CLG LAC LHS.