About the Authors

Naseem Sulyman

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Critical Care, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Min Kyeong Kim

Affiliation Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sankeerth Rampa

Affiliation School of Rural Public Health, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Veerasathpurush Allareddy

Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Romesh P. Nalliah

Affiliation Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Veerajalandhar Allareddy

Veerajalandhar.Allareddy@UHhospitals.org

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Critical Care, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Veerajalandhar Allareddy Veerasathpurush Allareddy SR RPN NS MKK. Performed the experiments: Veerajalandhar Allareddy Veerasathpurush Allareddy SR RPN NS MKK. Analyzed the data: Veerajalandhar Allareddy Veerasathpurush Allareddy MKK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Veerajalandhar Allareddy Veerasathpurush Allareddy MKK. Wrote the paper: Veerajalandhar Allareddy Veerasathpurush Allareddy SR RPN NS MKK.