About the Authors

Sophie Kirshberg

Contributed equally to this work with: Sophie Kirshberg, Uzi Izhar

Affiliation Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Uzi Izhar

Contributed equally to this work with: Sophie Kirshberg, Uzi Izhar

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Gail Amir

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Jonathan Demma

Affiliations Laboratory for Surgical Research, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel, Department of Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Fiona Vernea

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Katia Beider

Affiliation Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Zippora Shlomai

Affiliation Laboratory for Surgical Research, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Hanna Wald

Affiliation Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Gideon Zamir

Affiliations Laboratory for Surgical Research, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel, Department of Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Oz M. Shapira

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Amnon Peled

Affiliation Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Ori Wald

ori.wald@mail.huji.ac.il

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UI OMS AP GZ OW. Performed the experiments: SK KB ZS HW JD. Analyzed the data: JD GA FV OW. Wrote the paper: OW.