About the Authors

Jing Chang

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yuefeng Xia

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Hunan, China

Karla Wasserloos

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Meihong Deng

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kory J. Blose

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

David A. Vorp

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Heth R. Turnquist

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Timothy R. Billiar

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Bruce A. Pitt

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ma-Zhong Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

zmzscmc@shsmu.edu.cn (MZZ); ZhangL1@anes.upmc.edu (LMZ)

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Li-Ming Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

zmzscmc@shsmu.edu.cn (MZZ); ZhangL1@anes.upmc.edu (LMZ)

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.