About the Authors

Nancy A. Stearns

Affiliation Duke University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jaewoo Lee

Affiliations Duke Translational Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Kam W. Leong

Affiliations Duke University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Bruce A. Sullenger

Affiliations Duke Translational Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

David S. Pisetsky

dpiset@acpub.duke.edu

Affiliations Duke University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Medical Research Service, Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NAS JL KWL BAS DSP. Performed the experiments: NAS JL KWL BAS DSP. Analyzed the data: NAS JL KWL BAS DSP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NAS JL KWL BAS DSP. Wrote the paper: NAS JL KWL BAS DSP.