About the Authors

Xiaojie Wang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Jianqiang Hao

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Daniel L. Metzger

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Ziliang Ao

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Lieping Chen

Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Dawei Ou

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

C. Bruce Verchere

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Alice Mui

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Garth L. Warnock

Garth.Warnock@vch.ca

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XW AM GLW. Performed the experiments: XW JH. Analyzed the data: XW JH AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DLM ZA CBV LC DO. Wrote the paper: XW DLM AM GLW.