About the Authors

Kaitlyn F. Whelan

Affiliation Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jian-Ping Lu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Eduard Fridman

Affiliation Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Alex Wolf

Affiliation Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Alon Honig

Affiliation Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Gregory Paulin

Affiliation Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Laurence Klotz

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jehonathan H. Pinthus

Jehonathan.pinthus@jcc.hhsc.ca

Affiliation Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHP JL KFW. Performed the experiments: JHP JL KFW EF AW GP. Analyzed the data: JHP KFW JL AH GP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHP KFW JL AH. Wrote the paper: JHP KFW AH LK.