About the Authors

Rohit Mittal

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Emory Center for Critical Care, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Maylene Wagener

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Emory Transplant Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Elise R. Breed

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Emory Center for Critical Care, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Zhe Liang

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Emory Center for Critical Care, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Benyam P. Yoseph

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Emory Center for Critical Care, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Eileen M. Burd

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Alton B. Farris III

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Craig M. Coopersmith

Contributed equally to this work with: Craig M. Coopersmith, Mandy L. Ford

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Emory Center for Critical Care, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mandy L. Ford

Contributed equally to this work with: Craig M. Coopersmith, Mandy L. Ford

mshawve@emory.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Emory Transplant Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM CMC MLF. Performed the experiments: RM MW ERB ZL BPY EMB ABF. Analyzed the data: RM CMC MLF. Wrote the paper: RM CMC MLF.