About the Authors

Melissa C. Paoloni

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa C. Paoloni, Anita Tandle, Chand Khanna, Steven K. Libutti

Affiliation Comparative Oncology Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Anita Tandle

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa C. Paoloni, Anita Tandle, Chand Khanna, Steven K. Libutti

Affiliation Surgery Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Christina Mazcko

Affiliation Comparative Oncology Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Engy Hanna

Affiliation Surgery Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stefan Kachala

Affiliation Surgery Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Amy LeBlanc

Affiliation University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Shelley Newman

Affiliation University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

David Vail

Affiliation University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Carolyn Henry

Affiliation University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Douglas Thamm

Affiliation Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Karin Sorenmo

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Amin Hajitou

Affiliation Department of Gene Therapy and Division of Medicine, Imperial College London, Wright-Flemming Institute, London, United Kingdom

Renata Pasqualini

Affiliation David H. Koch Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Wadih Arap

Affiliation David H. Koch Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Chand Khanna

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa C. Paoloni, Anita Tandle, Chand Khanna, Steven K. Libutti

khannac@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Comparative Oncology Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Steven K. Libutti

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa C. Paoloni, Anita Tandle, Chand Khanna, Steven K. Libutti

Affiliation Surgery Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP AT EH AL DV CH DT KS AH CK SL. Performed the experiments: AT CM EH SK AL SN DV CH DT KS CK SL. Analyzed the data: MP AT CM EH SN RP WA CK SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP AT CM SK AH RP WA CK SL. Wrote the paper: MP AT RP WA CK SL.