About the Authors
- Shahana Majid
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Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Altaf A. Dar
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Affiliation Research Institute, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Sharanjot Saini
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Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Varahram Shahryari
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Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Sumit Arora
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Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Mohd Saif Zaman
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Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Inik Chang
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Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Soichiro Yamamura
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Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Takeshi Chiyomaru
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Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Shinichiro Fukuhara
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Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Yuichiro Tanaka
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Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Guoren Deng
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Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Z. Laura Tabatabai
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Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Rajvir Dahiya
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* E-mail: rdahiya@urology.ucsf.edu
Affiliation Department of Urology, VA Medical Center and UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Rajvir Dahiya is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SM AAD RD. Performed the experiments: SM AAD SS VS GD. Analyzed the data: SM AAD RD SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM AAD SS VS SA MSZ IC SY TC SF YT GD. Wrote the paper: SM. Designed the research plan: SM RD. Conducted experiments: SM AAD VS. Analyzed data: SM AAD SS VS SA MSZ IC SY TC SF YT GD RD. Provided necessary reagents for research: SM AAD SS VS SA MSZ IC SY TC SF YT GD. Wrote manuscript: SM. Supervise the research and review manuscript: SM RD. Board certified pathologist to identify tumor and normal tissues: ZLT.