About the Authors

Jeffrey J. Dehmer

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Aaron P. Garrison

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Karen E. Speck

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher M. Dekaney

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Laurianne Van Landeghem

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Xiaofei Sun

Affiliation Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Susan J. Henning

Affiliations Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Michael A. Helmrath

michael.helmrath@cchmc.org

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJD APG KES XS SJH MAH. Performed the experiments: JJD APG KES CMD XS. Analyzed the data: JJD APG CMD LVL SJH MAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMD XS SJH MAH. Wrote the paper: JJD APG CMD LVL SHJ MAH.