About the Authors

Zhong-jin Yang

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Chrystal D. Price

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Gerardo Bosco

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Micheal Tucci

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Nagwa S. El-Badri

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Devanand Mangar

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Enrico M. Camporesi

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ecampore@health.usf.edu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC. Performed the experiments: ZY CP GB MT. Analyzed the data: EC CP DM GB MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EC MT. Wrote the paper: EC ZY CP NE DM.