About the Authors

Shahana Majid

SMajid@urology.ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Altaf A. Dar

Affiliation California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Sharanjot Saini

Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Guoren Deng

Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Inik Chang

Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Kirsten Greene

Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Yuichiro Tanaka

Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Rajvir Dahiya

Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Soichiro Yamamura

Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM AAD RD. Performed the experiments: SM AAD GD. Analyzed the data: SM AAD GD SS IC KG YT RD SY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM AAD GD SS IC KG YT RD SY. Wrote the paper: SM. Data analysis: SM RD. Edited the manuscript: SM RD.