About the Authors

Kurosh Ameri

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Anthony M. Rajah

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Vien Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Timothy A. Sanders

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Arman Jahangiri

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Michael DeLay

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Matthew Donne

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Hwa J. Choi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Kathryn V. Tormos

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Yerem Yeghiazarians

Affiliation Department of Medicine/Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Stefanie S. Jeffrey

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Paolo F. Rinaudo

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

David H. Rowitch

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Manish Aghi

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Emin Maltepe

emin.maltepe@ucsf.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine/Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KA AR PFR EM. Performed the experiments: KA AR VN TS HJC KVT AJ MD MD. Analyzed the data: KA YY SSJ PFR HJC KVT DHR MA EM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY SSJ DHR MA. Wrote the paper: KA EM.