About the Authors
- Christopher A. Mela
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America
- Carrie Patterson
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America
- William K. Thompson
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Affiliation John H. Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Francis Papay
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* E-mail: yliu@uakron.edu (YL); papayf@ccf.org (FP)
Affiliation Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Yang Liu
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* E-mail: yliu@uakron.edu (YL); papayf@ccf.org (FP)
Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Papay receives or has the right to receive royalty payments for inventions or discoveries commercialized through the companies: Autonomic Technologies, Inc. Dr. Liu is an inventor for a relevant patent owned by the University of Akron. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YL FP CAM WKT. Performed the experiments: YL FP CAM CP. Analyzed the data: YL FP CAM WKT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL FP CAM WKT. Wrote the paper: YL FP CAM.