About the Authors

Suzanne L. Tomchuck

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Tulane Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Sarah L. Henkle

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Tulane Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Seth B. Coffelt

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Aline M. Betancourt

alibscan@tulane.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Tulane Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLT SBC AMB. Performed the experiments: SLT SLH. Analyzed the data: SLT SLH SBC AMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SLT SLH SBC AMB. Wrote the paper: SLT SBC AMB. Maintained hMSC cultures, performed majority of transfections, aided in collection of data for both flow cytometry and immunofluorescence studies: SLH. Principal investigator of the study and provided financial support: AMB. Final approval of manuscript: SLT SLH SBC AMB.