About the Authors

Dongmei Wu

dongmeiwu@bellsouth.net

Affiliations Department of Research, Division of Neonatology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America, Department of BIN Fusion Technology, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea

Jeffrey A. Kraut

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Medical and Research Services Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

William M. Abraham

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DW JK WA. Performed the experiments: DW. Analyzed the data: DW WA.