About the Authors

Alfia Khaibullina

Affiliation The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington District of Colmbia, United States of America

Nicholas Kenyon

Affiliation The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington District of Colmbia, United States of America

Virginia Guptill

Affiliation Department of Perioperative Medicine, NIH Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Martha M. Quezado

Affiliation Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Li Wang

Affiliation The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington District of Colmbia, United States of America

Deloris Koziol

Affiliation Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Service, Office of the Director, NIH Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert Wesley

Affiliation Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Service, Office of the Director, NIH Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Pablo R. Moya

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Science, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Zhongjian Zhang

Affiliation Section on Developmental Genetics, Program on Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Arjun Saha

Affiliation Section on Developmental Genetics, Program on Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Anil B. Mukherjee

Affiliation Section on Developmental Genetics, Program on Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Zenaide M.N. Quezado

zquezado@cnmc.org

Affiliations The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington District of Colmbia, United States of America, Department of Perioperative Medicine, NIH Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK VG ZZ ABM ZMNQ. Performed the experiments: AK NK VG MMQ PRM AS LW. Analyzed the data: AK DK RW AS ABM ZMNQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ABM ZMNQ LW. Wrote the paper: AK ZMNQ. Reviewed the manuscript: AK NK VG MMQ PRM DK RW AS ZZ ABM ZMNQ LW.