About the Authors

Shiqin Sun

Current address: College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University-Daqing, Daqing, Heilongjiang Province, China

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tolga Sursal

Current address: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yasaman Adibnia

Current address: Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa-Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Cong Zhao

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yi Zheng

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Haipeng Li

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Army General Hospital, Beijing, China

Leo E. Otterbein

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Carl J. Hauser

kitagaki@bidmc.harvard.edu (KI) (CH); cjhauser@bidmc.harvard.edu (CJH)

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kiyoshi Itagaki

kitagaki@bidmc.harvard.edu (KI) (CH); cjhauser@bidmc.harvard.edu (CJH)

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KI CJH. Performed the experiments: SS YA TS CZ YZ HL KI. Analyzed the data: SS KI CJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS YA TS CZ YZ KI. Wrote the paper: KI LEO CJH.