About the Authors

Courtney A. Cohen

Contributed equally to this work with: Courtney A. Cohen, Amanda A. Shea

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Amanda A. Shea

Contributed equally to this work with: Courtney A. Cohen, Amanda A. Shea

Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

C. Lynn Heffron

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Eva M. Schmelz

pcroberts@vt.edu (PCR); eschmelz@vt.edu (EMS)

Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Paul C. Roberts

pcroberts@vt.edu (PCR); eschmelz@vt.edu (EMS)

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAC AAS CLH EMS PCR. Performed the experiments: CAC AAS CLH. Analyzed the data: CAC AAS PCR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMS PCR. Wrote the paper: CAC AAS EMS PCR.