About the Authors

Rongqian Wu

Affiliations The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America, Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Weifeng Dong

Affiliation Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Youxin Ji

Affiliation Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Mian Zhou

Affiliations The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America, Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Corrado P. Marini

Affiliation Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Thanjavur S. Ravikumar

Affiliations The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America, Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Ping Wang

pwang@nshs.edu

Affiliations The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America, Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PW RW CM TR. Performed the experiments: RW WD YJ MZ. Analyzed the data: PW RW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PW. Wrote the paper: PW RW.