About the Authors

Jaideep Banerjee

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Piya Das Ghatak

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Sashwati Roy

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Savita Khanna

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Emily K. Sequin

Affiliation Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Karen Bellman

Affiliation Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Bryan C. Dickinson

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Prerna Suri

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Vish V. Subramaniam

Affiliation Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Christopher J. Chang

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Chandan K. Sen

Chandan.sen@osumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors would like to declare that this work was partly supported by research funding from the manufacturer Procellera, Vomaris Innovations, by means of an unrestricted gift to The Ohio State University where the donor had no control over scientific experiments or reporting. Additional financial competing interest includes ownership of shares and paid consultancy. There is no board membership, employment or patent applications involved. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB SR SK EKS KB VVS CKS. Performed the experiments: JB PDG EKS KB. Analyzed the data: JB PDG SR SK EKS KB VVS CKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB BCD CJC PS. Wrote the paper: JB VVS CKS.