About the Authors

Erica M. Carlisle

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Valeriy Poroyko

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Michael S. Caplan

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Northshore University Health System, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

John A. Alverdy

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Donald Liu

dliu@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMC DL JAA VP MSC. Performed the experiments: EMC VP. Analyzed the data: EMC DL JAA VP MSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSC DL JAA. Wrote the paper: EMC VP JAA MSC DL.