Table 1.

Characteristics from the patient samples.

Sample ID	Age	Medical condition	Organ
A	≤2 years old	Enlarged right kidney due to left kidney agenesis	Right Kidney (Positive control for OPN staining)
H6	48–77 years old	Normal kidney	Kidney (Positive control for OPN staining)
H4	≤2 years old	The heart muscle was edematous due to sepsis and multi-organ failure. The baby was premature, developed a bacterial sepsis followed by necrotizing enterocolitis and aspiration pneumonia	Heart
G	≤2 years old	Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Fungal pneumonia; Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis	Heart
H	48–77 years old	Septic shock; Left anterior descending artery (LAD) occluded >75%; Right circumflex artery occluded 100%; minimum fibrosis; no significant old infarct	Heart
H13	≤2 years old	The baby was premature, developed sepsis followed by necrotizing enterocolitis midgut volvulus	Heart
H9	48–77 years old	Deep venous thrombosis of pulmonary embolism. No abnormal histology of the heart	Heart
H3	48–77 years old	Left ventricular hypertrophy and papillary muscle infarct. Sepsis. Pericarditis	Heart
H1	48–77 years old	Pneumonia and colitis. Septic shock	Heart
H12	48–77 years old	Deep vein thrombosis of mesenteric artery embolism. No abnormal histology of the heart	Heart
D	≤2 years old	Full term ompholocele. Unremarkable myocardium	Heart
H7	48–77 years old	Bronchopneumonia. No abnormal histology of the heart	Heart
H10	≤2 years old	Premature, stillborn. Placentae abrubption. No abnormal histology of the heart	Heart
H5	48–77 years old	Colonic diverticulitis with perforation, sepsis. No abnormal histology of the heart	Heart
H11	≤2 years old	Premature. Holoprosencephaly. No abnormal histology of the heart	Heart
H2	48–77 years old	Hypertension; Sepsis; No abnormal histology of the heart	Heart

Samples are listed in the order of highest to lowest OPN expression in the cardiomyocytes in 14 heart autopsy samples and in the renal tubules in two kidney autopsy samples used as controls for OPN staining.