About the Authors

Alka A. Potdar

Contributed equally to this work with: Alka A. Potdar, Joydeep Sarkar

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Joydeep Sarkar

Contributed equally to this work with: Alka A. Potdar, Joydeep Sarkar

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Nupur K. Das

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Paroma Ghosh

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Miklos Gratzl

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Paul L. Fox

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Gerald M. Saidel

gerald.saidel@case.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAP JS NKD MG PLF GMS. Performed the experiments: AAP JS NKD PG. Analyzed the data: AAP NKD PLF GMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PLF GMS. Wrote the paper: AAP JS NKD MG PLF GMS.