About the Authors

Joanna Mercado

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mary Carmen Valenzano

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Cameron Jeffers

Affiliation Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jason Sedlak

Affiliation Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Marina K. Cugliari

Affiliation Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Eleni Papanikolaou

Affiliation Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jacob Clouse

Affiliation Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jingya Miao

Affiliation Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nina E. Wertan

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States of America

James M. Mullin

mullinj@mlhs.org

Affiliation Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMM. Performed the experiments: JMercado MCV CJ JS JC MKC EP JMiao NEW. Analyzed the data: JMercado MCV CJ JS JC MKC EP NEW JMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMM. Wrote the paper: JMM.