About the Authors

Nathalie Gaudreault

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Nikit Kumar

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Victor R. Olivas

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Delphine Eberlé

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Joseph H. Rapp

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Robert L. Raffai

robert.raffai@ucsfmedctr.org

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RR NG. Performed the experiments: NG NK VO. Analyzed the data: NG NK RR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DE JR. Wrote the paper: NG NK VO RR.