About the Authors

Nathan V. Welham

welham@sugery.wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Masaru Yamashita

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Seong Hee Choi

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Changying Ling

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NVW. Performed the experiments: NVW MY SHC CL. Analyzed the data: NVW MY SHC CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NVW. Wrote the paper: NVW.