About the Authors

Sharat J. Vayttaden

Affiliations Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Cell and Regulatory Biology Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jacqueline Friedman

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Tuan M. Tran

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Thomas C. Rich

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Carmen W. Dessauer

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Richard B. Clark

Richard.B.Clark@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJV TCR CWD RBC. Performed the experiments: JF TMT. Analyzed the data: SJV TMT RBC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMT RBC. Wrote the paper: SJV RBC. Wrote the code, performed theoretical experiments: SJV. Wrote the base code: TCR. Edited the manuscript: JF TMT TCR CWD.