About the Authors

Lisheng Ge

Affiliation Diagnostic and Molecular Health Care Group, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Andrew N. Cornforth

Affiliation California Stem Cell Inc., Irvine, California, United States of America

Neil T. Hoa

Affiliations Diagnostic and Molecular Health Care Group, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, United States of America, Research Service Healthcare Group, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Christina Delgado

Affiliations Diagnostic and Molecular Health Care Group, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, United States of America, Research Service Healthcare Group, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Shiun Kwei Chiou

Affiliation Research Service Healthcare Group, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Yi Hong Zhou

Affiliations Neuro-Oncology Program, Chao Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine, Orange, California, United States of America, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Martin R. Jadus

martin.jadus@va.gov

Affiliations Diagnostic and Molecular Health Care Group, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, United States of America, Research Service Healthcare Group, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, United States of America, Neuro-Oncology Program, Chao Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine, Orange, California, United States of America, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRJ LG. Performed the experiments: LG ANC NTH CD SKC YHZ. Analyzed the data: LG NTH ANC YHZ SKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ANC YHZ SKC. Wrote the paper: MRJ.