About the Authors

Anna E. Garcia

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Nader Kasim

Affiliation Le Bonheur Children’s Foundation Research Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38103, United States of America

Robyn A. Tamboli

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Raul S. Gonzalez

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Joseph Antoun

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Emily A. Eckert

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Pamela A. Marks-Shulman

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Julia Dunn

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Julia Wattacheril

Affiliation Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Taylor Wallen

Affiliation Central Michigan University, College of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America

Naji N. Abumrad

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Charles Robb Flynn

robb.flynn@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AEG NNA CRF. Performed the experiments: AEG RG JA EAE PM-S CRF JD. Analyzed the data: AEG CRF NNA TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NK RAT JW CRF NNA. Wrote the paper: AEG NNA CRF.