About the Authors

Jianhai Du

dujianhai@gmail.com (JD); scarlet.shi@aurora.org (YS)

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Children's Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Ru-Jeng Teng

Affiliations Children's Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Matt Lawrence

Affiliation Human Proteomics Program and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Tongju Guan

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Children's Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Hao Xu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Children's Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Ying Ge

Affiliation Human Proteomics Program and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Yang Shi

dujianhai@gmail.com (JD); scarlet.shi@aurora.org (YS)

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Children's Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Patient Centered Research, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YS JD. Performed the experiments: JD TG RJT ML HX. Analyzed the data: JD ML YG YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YS YG. Wrote the paper: JD YS YG.