About the Authors

Lifeng Wang

Affiliation Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Bangxing Hong

Affiliation Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Xiaoxia Jiang

Affiliation Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Lindsey Jones

Affiliation Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Si-Yi Chen

Affiliation Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Xue F. Huang

xuefhuan@usc.edu

Affiliation Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XFH SYC LW. Performed the experiments: LW BH XJ LJ. Analyzed the data: XFH LW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LW BH XJ. Wrote the paper: XFH LW.