About the Authors

Valeria R. Mas

vrm3n@Virginia.edu

Affiliation Translational Genomics Transplant Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Kellie J. Archer

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Catherine I. Dumur

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Mariano J. Scian

Affiliation Translational Genomics Transplant Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Jihee L. Suh

Affiliation Translational Genomics Transplant Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Anne L. King

Affiliation Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Megan E. Wardius

Affiliation Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Julie A. Straub

Affiliation Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Marc P. Posner

Affiliation Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Kenneth Brayman

Affiliation Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Daniel G. Maluf

Affiliation Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VRM DGM KJA. Performed the experiments: VRM MJS JLS ALK KLB DGM CID MEW JAS. Analyzed the data: KJA MJS VRM CID MEW JAS DGM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJS JLS VRM CID KJA MEW JAS. Wrote the paper: VRM CID DGM KJA MPP KLB MJS.