About the Authors

Hao Chen

hchen@uthsc.edu (HC); bsharp@uthsc.edu (BS)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Katie A. Hiler

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Tolley

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Shannon G. Matta

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Burt M. Sharp

hchen@uthsc.edu (HC); bsharp@uthsc.edu (BS)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS HC SM. Performed the experiments: HC KH. Analyzed the data: BS HC ET. Wrote the paper: BS HC.