About the Authors

Xiaotun Zhang

Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Colm Morrissey

Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Shihua Sun

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Melanie Ketchandji

Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Peter S. Nelson

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Lawrence D. True

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Funda Vakar-Lopez

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Robert L. Vessella

Affiliations Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, GRECC and Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Stephen R. Plymate

splymate@u.washington.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, GRECC and Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PSN RLV SRP. Performed the experiments: XZ CM SS. Analyzed the data: XZ CM MK LDT FVL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM RLV. Wrote the paper: XZ CM PSN LDT RLV SRP.