About the Authors

Shijun Wang

shijun_wang@med.unc.edu

Affiliations Lineberger Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Canhong Cao

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Zhongming Chen

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Vytas Bankaitis

Affiliations Lineberger Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Eleni Tzima

Affiliations Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Nader Sheibani

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Keith Burridge

Affiliations Lineberger Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SW. Performed the experiments: SW CC ZC. Analyzed the data: SW CC ZC KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SW VB ET NS KB. Wrote the paper: SW KB.