About the Authors

Ran Tao

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Stokes Research Institute and Biesecker Pediatric Liver Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wayne W. Hancock

whancock@mail.med.upenn.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Stokes Research Institute and Biesecker Pediatric Liver Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WH RT. Performed the experiments: RT. Analyzed the data: WH RT. Wrote the paper: WH RT.