About the Authors

Kechen Ban

Kechen.Ban@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Rosemary A. Kozar

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB RAK. Performed the experiments: KB. Analyzed the data: KB RAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB RAK. Wrote the paper: KB.