About the Authors

Yan Lu

Affiliation Department of Surgery and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Yijun Yi

Affiliation Department of Surgery and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Pengyuan Liu

Affiliation Department of Surgery and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Weidong Wen

Affiliation Department of Surgery and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Michael James

Affiliation Department of Surgery and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Daolong Wang

Affiliation Department of Surgery and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Ming You

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: youm@wudosis.wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MY YL. Performed the experiments: PL YY DW YL WW. Analyzed the data: PL YY DW YL WW MJ. Wrote the paper: MY PL YL.