About the Authors

Krithika Lingappan

lingappa@bcm.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Chandra Srinivasan

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Weiwu Jiang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lihua Wang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Xanthi I. Couroucli

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Bhagavatula Moorthy

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Texas Children's Hospital, 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: KL BM. Performed the experiments: KL LW WJ. Analyzed the data: KL CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BM KL WJ LW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BM CS XC KL.