About the Authors

Brian P. Head

bhead@ucsd.edu

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Jason N. Peart

Affiliation Heart Foundation Research Centre, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Mathivadhani Panneerselvam

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

Takaakira Yokoyama

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

Matthew L. Pearn

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

Ingrid R. Niesman

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

Jacqueline A. Bonds

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

Jan M. Schilling

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Atsushi Miyanohara

Affiliation Gene Therapy Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

John Headrick

Affiliation Heart Foundation Research Centre, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Sameh S. Ali

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

David M. Roth

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Piyush M. Patel

Contributed equally to this work with: Piyush M. Patel, Hemal H. Patel

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Hemal H. Patel

Contributed equally to this work with: Piyush M. Patel, Hemal H. Patel

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BPH PMP HHP SSA. Performed the experiments: BPH MP TY MLP JAB IRN AM SSA. Analyzed the data: BPH MLP IRN HHP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BPH DMR PMP HHP JNP JH. Wrote the paper: BPH JMS DMR HHP.