About the Authors

Cheng Du

cheng.du@umassmed.edu (CD); kbalaji@wakehealth.edu (KCB)

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chuanyou Zhang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Zhuo Li

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Md. Helal Uddin Biswas

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

K. C. Balaji

cheng.du@umassmed.edu (CD); kbalaji@wakehealth.edu (KCB)

Affiliation Department of Urology and Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CD KCB. Performed the experiments: CD CZ ZL HUB. Analyzed the data: CD CZ ZL HUB KCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CD ZL CZ. Wrote the paper: CD KCB.