About the Authors

Major K. Lee IV

Affiliation Harrison Department of Surgical Research, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Shuwen Xu

Affiliation Harrison Department of Surgical Research, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Elizabeth H. Fitzpatrick

Affiliation Harrison Department of Surgical Research, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Anupama Sharma

Affiliation Harrison Department of Surgical Research, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Holly L. Graves

Affiliation Harrison Department of Surgical Research, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Brian J. Czerniecki

Brian.Czerniecki@uphs.upenn.edu

Affiliation Harrison Department of Surgical Research, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKL BJC SX. Performed the experiments: MKL SX. Analyzed the data: AS HG MKL BJC SX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SX EF MKL. Wrote the paper: MKL BJC.