About the Authors

Jia Fei

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Toxicology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Holly Tamski

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Toxicology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Carla Cook

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Toxicology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Nalini Santanam

santanam@marshall.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Toxicology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JF NS. Performed the experiments: JF HT CC NS. Analyzed the data: JF HT NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NS EB VS. Wrote the paper: JF NS.