About the Authors
- Na Yin
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* E-mail: JBromberg@smail.umaryland.edu (JSB); NYin@som.umaryland.edu (NY);
Affiliation Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Nan Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
- Girdhari Lal
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Affiliations Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Departments of Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Jiangnan Xu
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Affiliations Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Departments of Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Minhong Yan
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Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology and Angiogenesis, Division of Research, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Yaozhong Ding
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Affiliations Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Departments of Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Jonathan S. Bromberg
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* E-mail: JBromberg@smail.umaryland.edu (JSB); NYin@som.umaryland.edu (NY);
Affiliations Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Departments of Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. MY is employed by Genetech Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all of the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NY JSB. Performed the experiments: NY NZ GL JX. Analyzed the data: NY YD JSB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY. Wrote the paper: NY JSB.