About the Authors

Silvia M. Goicoechea

sgoico@med.unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Brian Bednarski

Affiliations Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Christianna Stack

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

David W. Cowan

Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Keith Volmar

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Leigh Thorne

Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Edna Cukierman

Affiliation Cancer Biology Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Anil K. Rustgi

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Genetics, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Teresa Brentnall

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Rosa F. Hwang

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Christopher A. G. McCulloch

Affiliation CIHR Group in Matrix Dynamics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Jen Jen Yeh

Affiliations Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

David J. Bentrem

Affiliation Surgical Oncology, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Steven N. Hochwald

Affiliation Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Sunil R. Hingorani

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Hong Jin Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Hong Jin Kim, Carol A. Otey

Affiliations Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Carol A. Otey

Contributed equally to this work with: Hong Jin Kim, Carol A. Otey

Affiliations Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMG BKB HJK CAAO. Performed the experiments: SMG CS EC SH. Analyzed the data: SMG BKB KV LT SH HJK CAAO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DWC KV LT AKR TAB RFH CAM JJY DJB SH SH HJK CAAO. Wrote the paper: SMG CAAO.