About the Authors

Charles C. Peyton

Affiliation Department of Urology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

David Burmeister

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Bryon Petersen

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Karl-Erik Andersson

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

George Christ

gchrist@wakehealth.edu

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CP DB KEA GC. Performed the experiments: CP DB. Analyzed the data: CP DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CP DB KEA GC. Wrote the paper: CP GC. Contributed to experimental concept design, reviewing and polishing the manuscript: BP.