About the Authors

Gary A. Clawson

Gac4@psu.edu

Affiliations Gittlen Cancer Research Foundation and Department of Pathology, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University at University Park, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Eric Kimchi

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Susan D. Patrick

Affiliation Gittlen Cancer Research Foundation and Department of Pathology, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ping Xin

Affiliation Gittlen Cancer Research Foundation and Department of Pathology, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ramdane Harouaka

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, The Pennsylvania State University at University Park, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Siyang Zheng

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, The Pennsylvania State University at University Park, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Arthur Berg

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Todd Schell

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kevin F. Staveley-O’Carroll

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Rogerio I. Neves

Affiliation Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Paul J. Mosca

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Diane Thiboutot

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GAC EK TS PJM DT KSO. Performed the experiments: SDP PX RH SZ. Analyzed the data: GAC AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SZ AB. Wrote the paper: GAC EK SDP RIN PJM DT KSO.