About the Authors

Narasimhaswamy S. Belaguli

elaguli@bcm.edu

Affiliations Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mao Zhang

Affiliation Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Center, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

F. Charles Brunicardi

Affiliation David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

David H. Berger

Affiliations Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NSB DHB. Performed the experiments: NSB MZ. Analyzed the data: NSB DHB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FCB. Wrote the paper: NSB DHB.