About the Authors

Kevin C. Ray

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Kayla M. Bell

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jingbo Yan

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Guoqiang Gu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Christine H. Chung

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

M. Kay Washington

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Anna L. Means

anna.means@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALM. Performed the experiments: KCR KMB JY ALM. Analyzed the data: KCR KMB GG CHC MKW ALM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG ALM. Wrote the paper: ALM GG CHC MKW.