About the Authors
- Rongqian Wu
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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
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
- Youxin Ji
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
- Mian Zhou
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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
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
- Thanjavur S. Ravikumar
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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
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* E-mail: 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.