About the Authors

Rulong Shen

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Yin Ye

Contributed equally to this work with: Yin Ye, Li Chen

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Li Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Yin Ye, Li Chen

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Qingtao Yan

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Sanford H. Barsky

*E-mail: Sanford.Barsky@osumc.edu (SHB); Jian-Xin.Gao@osumc.edu (J-XG)

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Jian-Xin Gao

*E-mail: Sanford.Barsky@osumc.edu (SHB); Jian-Xin.Gao@osumc.edu (J-XG)

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG RS SB. Performed the experiments: JG LC RS YY QY. Analyzed the data: JG LC RS YY SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG RS SB. Wrote the paper: JG. Other: Revised the paper: RS. Mentor for Dr. Yin Ye: SB.