About the Authors

Sudhir Kumar

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jiang Wang

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Richa Rani

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Chandrashekhar R. Gandhi

gandhicr@ucmail.uc.edu

Current address: Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United states of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CRG SK. Performed the experiments: CRG JW SK. Analyzed the data: CRG SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CRG. Wrote the paper: CRG SK RR.