About the Authors

Jeet Gandhi

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeet Gandhi, Jianling Zhang

Affiliation Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jianling Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeet Gandhi, Jianling Zhang

Affiliation Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Yang Xie

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Junichi Soh

Affiliation Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Hisayuki Shigematsu

Affiliation Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Wei Zhang

Affiliation Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Hiromasa Yamamoto

Affiliation Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Michael Peyton

Affiliation Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Luc Girard

Affiliation Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

William W. Lockwood

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics and Developmental Biology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Wan L. Lam

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics and Developmental Biology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Marileila Varella-Garcia

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

John D. Minna

Affiliations Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Adi F. Gazdar

adi.gazdar@utsouthwestern.edu

Affiliations Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Gazdar is a paid consultant/lecturer for AstraZeneca PLC. Dr. Garcia recieves Research Funding >10,000 from AstraZeneca, Genentech and OSI; Honorarium <10,000 from Roche. Dr. Minna receives research support from AstraZeneca PLC.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JKG JZ JS HS HY MP LG WWL WLL MG JDM AFG. Performed the experiments: JKG JZ JS HS WZ HY MP WWL. Analyzed the data: JKG JZ YX JS LG WWL MG AFG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WLL MG JDM. Wrote the paper: JKG JZ YX JS WZ HY WWL WLL MG JDM AFG.