About the Authors

Zhouji Chen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Matthew C. Gropler

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Mayurranjan S. Mitra

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Brian N. Finck

bfinck@dom.wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZC BNF. Performed the experiments: ZC MCG MSM BNF. Analyzed the data: ZC MCG MSM BNF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZC MCG MSM BNF. Wrote the paper: ZC BNF.