About the Authors

Julia Wattacheril

Affiliation Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Erin H. Seeley

Affiliation Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Peggi Angel

Affiliation Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Heidi Chen

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Benjamin P. Bowen

Affiliation GTL Bioenergy and Structural Biology, Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Christian Lanciault

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Richard M.Caprioli

Affiliation Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Naji Abumrad

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Charles Robb Flynn

robb.flynn@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW EHS PA NA CRF. Performed the experiments: JW EHS PA CL CRF. Analyzed the data: JW EHS BPB PA CL CRF HC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW BPB NA RMC CRF. Wrote the paper: JW CRF NA EHS PA.