About the Authors

Diego C. Reino

Contributed equally to this work with: Diego C. Reino, Vadim Pisarenko

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Vadim Pisarenko

Contributed equally to this work with: Diego C. Reino, Vadim Pisarenko

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

David Palange

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Danielle Doucet

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Robert P. Bonitz

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Qi Lu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Iriana Colorado

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Sharvil U. Sheth

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Benjamin Chandler

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Kolenkode B. Kannan

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Madhuri Ramanathan

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Da Zhong Xu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Edwin A. Deitch

feinmarr@umdnj.edu (RF); edeitch@umdnj.edu (EAD)

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Rena Feinman

feinmarr@umdnj.edu (RF); edeitch@umdnj.edu (EAD)

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)- New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DCR VP EAD RF. Performed the experiments: DCR VP DP DD RPB QL IC SUS BC KBK MR DZX. Analyzed the data: DCR VP DD QL IC SUS KBK MR EAD RF. Wrote the paper: DCR VP EAD RF.