About the Authors

Xiao Wang

Affiliation The Sheila and David Fuente Graduate Program in Cancer Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Alicia M. Pickrell

Affiliation Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Teresa A. Zimmers

Current address: of Cancer Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliations The Sheila and David Fuente Graduate Program in Cancer Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Carlos T. Moraes

cmoraes@med.miami.edu

Affiliations The Sheila and David Fuente Graduate Program in Cancer Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XW AMP TAZ CTM. Performed the experiments: XW AMP. Analyzed the data: XW AMP TAZ CTM. Wrote the paper: XW AMP TAZ CTM.