About the Authors

Katie M. Wiens

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California and The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Hyuna L. Lee

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California and The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Hiroyuki Shimada

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California and The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Anthony E. Metcalf

Affiliation Department of Biology, California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States of America

Michael Y. Chao

Affiliation Department of Biology, California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States of America

Ching-Ling Lien

clien@chla.usc.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California and The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 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: KMW CLL. Performed the experiments: KMW HLL HS AEM MYC. Analyzed the data: KMW HLL HS AEM MYC CLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMW HS AEM MYC CLL. Wrote the paper: KMW HS AEM MYC CLL.