About the Authors
- Hiroki Takeshita
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Affiliations Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, University Health Network Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Atsushi Shiozaki
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Affiliation Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Xiao-Hui Bai
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Affiliation Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, University Health Network Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Daisuke Iitaka
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Affiliations Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, University Health Network Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Hyunhee Kim
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Affiliation Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, University Health Network Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Burton B. Yang
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Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Surgery and Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Shaf Keshavjee
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Affiliations Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, University Health Network Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Surgery and Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Mingyao Liu
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* E-mail: mingyao.liu@utoronto.ca
Affiliations Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, University Health Network Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Surgery and Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HT AS BBY ML. Performed the experiments: HT XHB DI HK. Analyzed the data: HT BBY ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HT AS XHB SK. Wrote the paper: HT AS BBY ML.