About the Authors

Kristen N. Bushell

Affiliation Boston University School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Susan E. Leeman

Affiliation Boston University School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Earl Gillespie

Affiliation Boston University School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Adam C. Gower

Affiliation Boston University Medical Center Department of Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Karen L. Reed

Affiliation Boston University Medical Center Department of Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Arthur F. Stucchi

Affiliation Boston University Medical Center Department of Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

James M. Becker

Affiliation Boston University Medical Center Department of Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Salomon Amar

samar@bu.edu

Affiliation Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Center for Anti-Inflammatory Therapeutics, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KNB SEL KLR AFS SA JMB. Performed the experiments: EG ACG KLR. Analyzed the data: KNB SEL AFS SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA. Wrote the paper: KNB SEL AFS SA.