About the Authors

Jessica A. DeQuach

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Valeria Mezzano

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Amar Miglani

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Stephan Lange

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Gordon M. Keller

Affiliation McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Farah Sheikh

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Karen L. Christman

christman@bioeng.ucsd.edu.

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAD FS KLC. Performed the experiments: JAD VM AM SL FS. Analyzed the data: JAD VM AM SL GMK FS KLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL GMK FS KLC. Wrote the paper: JAD. Edited paper: KLC VM AM SL GMK FS.