About the Authors

Shaolei Lu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, the Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Vincent A. Mukkada

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Shamlal Mangray

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, the Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Kelly Cleveland

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, the Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Nick Shillingford

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, the Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Christoph Schorl

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Alexander S. Brodsky

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Murray B. Resnick

mresnick@lifespan.org

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, the Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR VM SL. Performed the experiments: MR KC. Analyzed the data: SL MR KC VM CS AB SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM NS CS AB. Wrote the paper: MR VM SL KC.