About the Authors

Balázs Csóka

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Zoltán H. Németh

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey, United States of America

Partha Mukhopadhyay

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Zoltán Spolarics

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Mohanraj Rajesh

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stephanie Federici

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Edwin A. Deitch

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Sándor Bátkai

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Pál Pacher

pacher@mail.nih.gov (PP); haskoge@umdnj.edu (GH)

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

György Haskó

pacher@mail.nih.gov (PP); haskoge@umdnj.edu (GH)

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BC. Performed the experiments: BC ZHN PM MR SF. Analyzed the data: BC ZS PP GH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ED SB PP. Wrote the paper: BC PP GH.