About the Authors

McWayne Weche

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

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Anthony J. DeSantis

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Michelle Y. McGee

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Garrett A. Enten

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Xianlong Gao

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Matthias Majetschak

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

majetschak@usf.edu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

University of South Florida has applied for a patent on the use of CCR2 antagonists. AJD, XG and MM are inventors.