About the Authors
- Swati Biswas
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* E-mail: swati.biswas@vanderbilt.edu
Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, 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
- Jeffry S. Nyman
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- JoAnn Alvarez
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Anwesa Chakrabarti
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Affiliation Center for Bone Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Austin Ayres
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Affiliation Center for Bone Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Julie Sterling
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Affiliation Center for Bone Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- James Edwards
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Affiliation Center for Bone Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Tapasi Rana
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Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Rachelle Johnson
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Affiliation Center for Bone Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Daniel S. Perrien
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Affiliations Center for Bone Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Orthopedics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Scott Lonning
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Affiliation Genzyme Corporation, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Yu Shyr
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Lynn M. Matrisian
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Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Gregory R. Mundy
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Affiliations Center for Bone Biology, 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
Scott Lonning is an employee of Genzyme Corporation who provided us with the anti-TGF beta antibody. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SB JSN GRM. Performed the experiments: SB JSN AC AA TR. Analyzed the data: SB JSN JA YS AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA JSN DSP SL RJ JS JE. Wrote the paper: SB JSN JS LMM.