About the Authors

Ethan I. Franke

Affiliation Department of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Brian A. Vanderbrink

Affiliation Department of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Karen L. Hile

Affiliation Department of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Hongji Zhang

Affiliation Department of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Alexandra Cain

Affiliation Department of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Futoshi Matsui

Affiliation Department of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Kirstan K. Meldrum

Kirstan.Meldrum@urology.ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EF BV KH KM. Performed the experiments: EF BV KL HZ AC FM. Analyzed the data: EF KH KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM. Wrote the paper: EF KM.