About the Authors

John H. Sampson

john.sampson@duke.edu

Affiliations Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Robert J. Schmittling

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Gary E. Archer

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Kendra L. Congdon

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Smita K. Nair

Affiliation Division of Surgical Sciences, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Reap

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Annick Desjardins

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Allan H. Friedman

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Henry S. Friedman

Affiliations Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

James E. Herndon II

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

April Coan

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Roger E. McLendon

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

David A. Reardon

Affiliation Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

James J. Vredenburgh

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Darell D. Bigner

Affiliations Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Duane A. Mitchell

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

Consultant or Advisory Role: JHS, Celldex Therapeutics (C); DDB, Celldex Therapeutics (C) Honoraria: JHS, Celldex Therapeutics; DDB, Celldex Therapeutics Research Funding: JHS. The designation (C) indicates a compensated position. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. CDX-110 is a Celldex product. There are no patents, products in development or other marketed products to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHS DAM GEA RJS. Performed the experiments: JHS DAM RJS GEA AD AHF HSF REM DAR JJV. Analyzed the data: JHS DAM RJS GEA SKN EAR JEH AC KLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHS DDB DAM. Wrote the paper: JHS KLC JEH AC.