About the Authors

Laura C. Kobashigawa

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Yan Chun Xu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

James F. Padbury

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Yi-Tang Tseng

ytseng@wihri.org (YT); nyano@wihri.org (NY)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Naohiro Yano

ytseng@wihri.org (YT); nyano@wihri.org (NY)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NY. Performed the experiments: NY LCK. Analyzed the data: NY LCK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NY LCK. Wrote the paper: NY LCK. Review, and/or revision of the manuscript: LCK YCX YT JFP NY.