About the Authors

Finosh G. Thankam

Affiliation Department of Clinical & Translational Science, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Chandra S. Boosani

Affiliation Department of Clinical & Translational Science, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Matthew F. Dilisio

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Nicholas E. Dietz

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Devendra K. Agrawal

dkagr@creighton.edu

Affiliation Department of Clinical & Translational Science, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DKA MFD. Formal analysis: FGT CSB NED. Funding acquisition: DKA MFD. Investigation: FGT CSB MFD NED DKA. Methodology: FGT DKA. Resources: DKA MFD. Supervision: DKA MFD. Validation: FGT CSB MFD DKA. Writing – original draft: FGT DKA. Writing – review & editing: FGT CSB MFD NED DKA.