About the Authors

Ahmed Al-Dwairi

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

John Mark P. Pabona

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Rosalia C. M. Simmen

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Frank A. Simmen

simmenfranka@uams.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA RCMS FAS. Performed the experiments: AA JMPP. Analyzed the data: AA JMPP RCMS FAS. Wrote the paper: AA JMPP RCMS FAS.