About the Authors
- Xiao Lu
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Zhen-Du Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Xiaomei Guo
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Jenny Susana Choy
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Junrong Yang
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Mark Svendsen
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Ghassan Kassab
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* E-mail: gkassab@iupui.edu
Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: XL GK. Wrote the paper: XL ZDZ GK. Animal Surgery: XL ZDZ XG JSC MS. Ultrasonic image and physiological analysis: ZDZ XL JSC MS. Functional and molecular analysis: XL JY ZDZ.