About the Authors

Sergei M. Danilov

danilov@uic.edu

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, National Cardiology Research Center, Moscow, Russia

Sergey Kalinin

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Zhenlong Chen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Elena I. Vinokour

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Andrew B. Nesterovitch

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

David E. Schwartz

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Olivier Gribouval

Affiliation Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, INSERM, U574, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Marie-Claire Gubler

Affiliation Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, INSERM, U574, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Richard D. Minshall

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMD MCG RDM. Performed the experiments: SMD SK ZC EIV ABN OG RDM. Analyzed the data: SMD SK DES OG MCG RDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMD. Wrote the paper: SMD MCG RDM.