About the Authors

Xudong Shi

Contributed equally to this work with: Xudong Shi, Daniel DiRenzo, Lian-Wang Guo

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Daniel DiRenzo

Contributed equally to this work with: Xudong Shi, Daniel DiRenzo, Lian-Wang Guo

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Lian-Wang Guo

Contributed equally to this work with: Xudong Shi, Daniel DiRenzo, Lian-Wang Guo

guo@surgery.wisc.edu (LWG); kent@surgery.wisc.edu (KCK)

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Sarah R. Franco

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Bowen Wang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Stephen Seedial

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

K. Craig Kent

guo@surgery.wisc.edu (LWG); kent@surgery.wisc.edu (KCK)

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XS L-WG KCK. Performed the experiments: XS DDR SRF BW SS. Analyzed the data: XS DDR L-WG KCK. Wrote the manuscript: XS DDR L-WG KCK.