About the Authors

Zhiqi Chen

Affiliation Transplant Research Division, The Toronto Hospital, Department of Surgery and Immunology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Kai Yu

Affiliation Transplant Research Division, The Toronto Hospital, Department of Surgery and Immunology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Fang Zhu

Affiliation Transplant Research Division, The Toronto Hospital, Department of Surgery and Immunology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Reginald Gorczynski

rgorczynski@uhnres.utoronto.ca

Affiliation Transplant Research Division, The Toronto Hospital, Department of Surgery and Immunology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZC RMG. Performed the experiments: ZC KY FZ RMG. Analyzed the data: ZC FZ RMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZC KY RMG. Wrote the paper: ZC RMG.