About the Authors

Haytham Elgharably

Affiliations Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Centers for Regenerative Medicine & Cell based Therapies, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Wound Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Ethan Mann

Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity and Microbiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Hamdy Awad

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Kasturi Ganesh

Affiliations Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Centers for Regenerative Medicine & Cell based Therapies, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Wound Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Piya Das Ghatak

Affiliations Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Centers for Regenerative Medicine & Cell based Therapies, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Wound Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Gayle Gordillo

Affiliations Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Centers for Regenerative Medicine & Cell based Therapies, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Wound Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Plastic Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Chittoor B. Sai-Sudhakar

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Sashwati Roy

Affiliations Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Centers for Regenerative Medicine & Cell based Therapies, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Wound Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Daniel J. Wozniak

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Chandan K. Sen

chandan.sen@osumc.edu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Centers for Regenerative Medicine & Cell based Therapies, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Wound Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HE EM CKS. Performed the experiments: HE EM PDG KG. Analyzed the data: HE EM SR DJW CKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HA SR DJW GG CBS CKS. Wrote the paper: HE DJW SR CKS. Manuscript revision: EM HA GG SR CBS DJW CKS.