About the Authors

Deepa Mathew

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Peng Zhou

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Cameron M. Pywell

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Daan R. van der Veen

Current address: Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Jinping Shao

Current address: Department of Anatomy, Basic Medical College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Yang Xi

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Nicolle A. Bonar

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Alyssa D. Hummel

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Sarah Chapman

Affiliation Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

W. Matthew Leevy

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Giles E. Duffield

duffield.2@nd.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GED DRV WML. Performed the experiments: DM PZ CMP JS YX NAB ADH GED DRV SC. Analyzed the data: DM PZ CMP DRV NAB GED. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WML. Wrote the paper: DM GED.