About the Authors

Jin Peng

Affiliations Center for Pediatric Trauma Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, The Ohio State University, College of Public Health, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Krista Wheeler

Affiliation Center for Pediatric Trauma Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Junxin Shi

Affiliation Center for Pediatric Trauma Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Jonathan Ira Groner

Affiliations Center for Pediatric Trauma Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Trauma Program, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Kathryn Jo Haley

Affiliation Trauma Program, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Huiyun Xiang

huiyun.xiang@nationwidechildrens.org

Affiliations Center for Pediatric Trauma Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, The Ohio State University, College of Public Health, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HX KW. Performed the experiments: JP. Analyzed the data: JP. Wrote the paper: JP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KW. Critically reviewed the manuscript, and approved the final manuscript as submitted: JS JIG KJH.