About the Authors
- Albert D. Donnenberg
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* E-mail: donnenbergvs@upmc.edu (VSD); donnenbergad@upmc.edu (ADD)
Affiliations Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Ludovic Zimmerlin
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Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Rodney J. Landreneau
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Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- James D. Luketich
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Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Vera S. Donnenberg
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* E-mail: donnenbergvs@upmc.edu (VSD); donnenbergad@upmc.edu (ADD)
Affiliations Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Drs. Vera and Albert Donnenberg collaborated (without financial remuneration) with Applied Cytometry in the creation of VenturiOne software, used to analyze data in this manuscript. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ADD VSD. Performed the experiments: LZ VSD. Analyzed the data: ADD VSD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJL JDL. Wrote the paper: ADD VSD.