About the Authors

Tadanori Mammoto

Affiliation 1 Vascular Biology Program, Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Elisabeth Jiang

Affiliation 1 Vascular Biology Program, Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Amanda Jiang

Affiliation 1 Vascular Biology Program, Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yongbo Lu

Affiliation 2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Aimee M. Juan

Affiliation 3 Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jing Chen

Affiliation 3 Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Akiko Mammoto

Akiko.Mammoto@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliation 1 Vascular Biology Program, Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Jing Chen is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TM AM. Performed the experiments: TM EJ AJ AMJ AM. Analyzed the data: TM AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM YL JC AM. Wrote the manuscript: TM AM.