About the Authors

Joseph Tellez

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Kim Van Vliet

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Yu-Shan Tseng

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jonathan D. Finn

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nick Tschernia

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Graça Almeida-Porada

Affiliation Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Valder R. Arruda

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mavis Agbandje-McKenna

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Christopher D. Porada

cporada@wakehealth.edu

Affiliation Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CDP MAM KVV VRA. Performed the experiments: CDP MAM KVV YST JF JT NT. Analyzed the data: CDP GAP MAM KVV YST VRA JF JT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDP GAP MAM KVV YST VRA JF JT. Wrote the manuscript: CDP GAP MAM KVV YST VRA.