About the Authors

Dan Wang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yingjian Li

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Chuanyue Wu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Youhua Liu

liuy@upmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DW Y. Liu. Performed the experiments: DW Y. Li. Analyzed the data: DW CW Y. Liu. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW. Wrote the paper: DW Y. Liu.