About the Authors

Kyu Yun Jang

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Jeonju, Republic of Korea, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Sang Jae Noh

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Jeonju, Republic of Korea

Nadja Lehwald

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany

Guo-Zhong Tao

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

David I. Bellovin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, and Cancer Biology Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Ho Sung Park

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Jeonju, Republic of Korea

Woo Sung Moon

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Jeonju, Republic of Korea

Dean W. Felsher

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, and Cancer Biology Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Karl G. Sylvester

sylvester@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KYJ SJN NL GZT DIB HSP WSM DWF KGS. Performed the experiments: KYJ SJN NL GZT DIB HSP WSM DWF KGS. Analyzed the data: KYJ SJN NL GZT DIB HSP WSM DWF KGS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KYJ SJN NL GZT DIB HSP WSM DWF KGS. Wrote the paper: KYJ SJN NL GZT DIB HSP WSM DWF KGS. Obtained approval for the animal experiments: GZT KGS. Obtained institutional review board approval: KYJ HSP WSM.