About the Authors

M. Carme Coll Ferrer

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Vladimir V. Shuvaev

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Center for Targeted Therapeutics and Translational Nanomedicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Blaine J. Zern

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Center for Targeted Therapeutics and Translational Nanomedicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Russell J. Composto

Affiliation Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Vladimir R. Muzykantov

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Center for Targeted Therapeutics and Translational Nanomedicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

David M. Eckmann

eckmanndm@uphs.upenn.edu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCCF VVS BZ VRM RJC DME. Performed the experiments: MCCF VVS BZ. Analyzed the data: MCCF VVS BZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VRM RJC DME. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MCCF VVS BZ RJC VRM DME.