About the Authors

Miroslav Koulnis

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ying Liu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kelly Hallstrom

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Merav Socolovsky

merav.socolovsky@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK MS. Performed the experiments: MK YL KH. Analyzed the data: MK MS. Wrote the paper: MK MS.