About the Authors

Jessica M. Stiles

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Clarissa Amaya

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Steven Rains

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Dolores Diaz

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Robert Pham

Affiliation Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

James Battiste

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jaime F. Modiano

Affiliation Masonic Cancer Center, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Victor Kokta

Affiliation Department of Pathology, CHU Sainte-Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Laura E. Boucheron

Affiliation Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Dianne C. Mitchell

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Brad A. Bryan

brad.bryan@ttuhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM VK LB DM BB. Performed the experiments: JS CA SR DD RP JB. Analyzed the data: JA CA RP JB LB DM BB. Wrote the paper: JM VK LB DM BB.