College of Nursing, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia (Dr NeSmith); and Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia (Drs Medeiros, Holsten, Zhu, Looney, and Dong).
Correspondence: Elizabeth G. NeSmith, PhD, RN, College of Nursing, Augusta University, 1120 15th St, EC-5448, Augusta, GA 30912 (bnesmith@augusta.edu).
For the Trauma Interdisciplinary Group for Research (TIGR), Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
E.G.N. conceived, designed, and implemented the study (NIH principle investigator), in consultation with all other coauthors (NIH subinvestigators). E.G.N., R.S.M., and S.B.H. recruited, screened, and consented participants, and collected data. H.Z. and Y.D. completed cytokine, and telomerase assessments, and S.W.L. analyzed the data. E.G.N., S.W.L., and H.Z. wrote the manuscript, while all others reviewed and edited.
Elizabeth G. NeSmith is the principal investigator for the referenced grant from the National Institutes of Health (#5K01NR011471). Yanbin Dong, Haidong Zhu, and Stephen W. Looney are paid consultants and subinvestigators on the same grant. The remaining authors are also subinvestigators, but did not receive any salary or other remuneration.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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