About the Authors

Dania Giaddui

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Center for Translational Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Danielle S. Porreca

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Center for Translational Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ekta Tiwari

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Center for Translational Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nagat A. Frara

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Center for Translational Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lucas J. Hobson

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Center for Translational Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mary F. Barbe

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mary.barbe@temple.edu

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Center for Translational Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Alan S. Braverman

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Center for Translational Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Justin M. Brown

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Paralysis Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michel A. Pontari

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Urology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michael R. Ruggieri Sr.

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Center for Translational Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Shriners Hospitals for Children of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.