About the Authors

Jian Wu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Dorothy N. Kakoola

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Nataliya I. Lenchik

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Dominic M. Desiderio

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Department of Molecular Science, and the Charles B. Stout Neuroscience Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Dana R. Marshall

Affiliations Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Ivan C. Gerling

igerling@uthsc.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical 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: ICG. Performed the experiments: JW DNK NIL. Analyzed the data: JW DNK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMD DRM. Wrote the paper: JW DNK ICG. Interpreted the data: JW DNK ICG. Provided intellectual input: DMD DRM. Supervised the research: ICG.