About the Authors

Robert M. Littleton

robert.littleton@nationwidechildrens.org

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Kevin J. Haworth

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Hong Tang

Affiliation Drug Discovery Center, The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Kenneth D. R. Setchell

Affiliation Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Sandra Nelson

Affiliation Drug Discovery Center, The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jay R. Hove

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Molecular and Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RML KJH JRH HT KDRS SN. Performed the experiments: RML HT KDRS. Analyzed the data: RML KJH JRH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SN KDRS JRH. Wrote the paper: RML KJH JRH SN.