About the Authors

Danielle Doucet

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Chirag Badami

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

David Palange

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

R. Paul Bonitz

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Qi Lu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Da-Zhong Xu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Kolenkode B. Kannan

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Iriana Colorado

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Rena Feinman

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Edwin A. Deitch

edeitch@umdnj.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DD RF EAD. Performed the experiments: DD CB DP RPB QL DZX KBK IC. Analyzed the data: DD QL DZX KBK IC RF EAD. Wrote the paper: DD RF EAD.