About the Authors

Linlin Wang

Affiliations Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Zeeshan Pasha

Affiliations Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Shuyun Wang

Affiliations Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Ning Li

Affiliations Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Yuliang Feng

Affiliations Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Gang Lu

Affiliations Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Ronald W. Millard

Affiliations Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Muhammad Ashraf

ashrafm@ucmail.uc.edu

Affiliations Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LW MA. Performed the experiments: LW SW NL YF GL. Analyzed the data: LW SW ZP YF NL GL RW MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA. Wrote the paper: LW ZP RM MA.