About the Authors

Jiang-Qin Liu

Affiliations Department of Neonatology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Namdar Manouchehri

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Tze-Fun Lee

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Mingzhu Yao

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

David L. Bigam

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Po-Yin Cheung

poyin@ualberta.ca

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JQL TFL DLB PYC. Performed the experiments: JQL NM TFL. Analyzed the data: JQL TFL MY PYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DLB PYC. Wrote the paper: JQL NM TFL MY DLB PYC.