About the Authors

Helen L. Hellmich

hhellmic@utmb.edu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Daniel R. Rojo

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Maria-Adelaide Micci

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Stacy L. Sell

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Deborah R. Boone

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Jeanna M. Crookshanks

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Douglas S. DeWitt

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Brent E. Masel

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Donald S. Prough

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Applied IPA analysis to microarray data: DRR. Planning the overall experimental design and execution of all experiments: HLH DRB JMC. Conceived and designed the experiments: HLH DSP BEM DSD. Performed the experiments: DRR DRB JMC. Analyzed the data: HLH DSP DRR MAM SLS DRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HLH DSP DSD DRR BEM. Wrote the paper: HLH DSP MAM SLS.