About the Authors

Nayan J. Sarma

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Venkataswarup Tiriveedhi

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Vijay Subramanian

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Surendra Shenoy

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Jeffrey S. Crippin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

William C. Chapman

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Thalachallour Mohanakumar

kumart@wustl.edu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS TM. Performed the experiments: NS VT. Analyzed the data: NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NS VS SS JC WC. Wrote the paper: NS TM.