About the Authors

Lin Cao

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Sun-Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun-Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Liaoliao Li

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Daowei Lin

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Sun-Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun-Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Zhiyi Zuo

zz3c@virginia.edu

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Sun-Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun-Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC LL ZZ. Performed the experiments: LC LL DL. Analyzed the data: LC LL DL ZZ. Wrote the paper: LC LL ZZ.