About the Authors

Ivana R. Ferrer

Affiliation Emory Transplant Center and Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Maylene E. Wagener

Affiliation Emory Transplant Center and Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mingqing Song

Affiliation Emory Transplant Center and Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mandy L. Ford

mandy.ford@emory.edu

Affiliation Emory Transplant Center and Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IRF MLF. Performed the experiments: IRF MEW MS. Analyzed the data: IRF MS MLF. Wrote the paper: IRF MLF.