About the Authors

Thuy Tran

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Brittney Barlow

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Lynda O'Rear

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Brenda Jarvis

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Zhengzhi Li

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Kent Dickeson

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

William Dupont

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Mary Zutter

mary.zutter@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TT MZ. Performed the experiments: TT BB LO BJ ZL. Analyzed the data: TT KD WD MZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KD WD MZ. Wrote the paper: TT WD MZ.