About the Authors

Bijesh K. Biswal

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Maroun J. Beyrouthy

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Mary P. Hever-Jardine

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

David Armstrong

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Craig R. Tomlinson

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Brock C. Christensen

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America, Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Carmen J. Marsit

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America, Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Michael J. Spinella

michael.spinella@dartmouth.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

Carmen Marsit and Brock Christensen are PLOS ONE Editorial Board Members. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BKB MJB BCC CJM MJS. Performed the experiments: BKB MJB MPH DA CRT MJS. Analyzed the data: BKB MJB MPH DA BCC CJM MJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BCC CJM. Wrote the paper: BKB MJS.