About the Authors

Ainhoa Mielgo

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Vicente A. Torres

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Michael C. Schmid

Affiliation Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Ryon Graf

Affiliation Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Samantha G. Zeitlin

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Pedro Lee

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

David J. Shields

Affiliation Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Simone Barbero

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Colin Jamora

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Dwayne G. Stupack

dstupack@ucsd.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM RG SZ CJ DGS. Performed the experiments: AM VAT MCS RG PL. Analyzed the data: AM VAT MCS RG SZ DJS DGS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM PL SB CJ. Wrote the paper: AM DGS.