About the Authors

Yvonne Leung

Affiliations Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Eve Kandyba

Affiliations Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yi-Bu Chen

Affiliation Norris Medical Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Seth Ruffins

Affiliation Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Krzysztof Kobielak

kkobiela@med.usc.edu

Affiliations Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, 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: YL KK. Performed the experiments: YL EK KK. Analyzed the data: YL YBC KK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL EK YBC SR KK. Wrote the paper: YL KK.