About the Authors

Aditi R. Chiplunkar

Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Tina K. Lung

Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Yousef Alhashem

Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Benjamin A. Koppenhaver

Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Fadi N. Salloum

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Rakesh C. Kukreja

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Jack L. Haar

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Joyce A. Lloyd

jlloyd@vcu.edu

Affiliations Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARC TKL BAK FNS JLH JAL YA. Performed the experiments: ARC TKL BAK JLH. Analyzed the data: ARC TKL BAK FNS RK JLH JAL YA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FNS RK JLH JAL YA. Wrote the paper: ARC BAK JAL.