About the Authors

Xiao Yao

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Deborah Carlson

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Yuxiao Sun

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Lisha Ma

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Steven E. Wolf

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Joseph P. Minei

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Qun S. Zang

qun.zang@utsouthwestern.edu

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QSZ. Performed the experiments: XY YS LM QSZ. Analyzed the data: XY DC YS LM QSZ. Wrote the paper: QSZ DC. Approved the final version of this manuscript: XY DC YS LM SEW JPM QSZ.