About the Authors

Sonia M. Rosenfield

Affiliation Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Emma T. Bowden

Affiliation MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Shani Cohen-Missner

Affiliation Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Krissa A. Gibby

Affiliation Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Virginie Ory

Affiliation Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Ralf T. Henke

Affiliation Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Anna T. Riegel

Affiliation Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Anton Wellstein

wellstea@georgetown.edu

Affiliation Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Wellstein is named as an inventor on Georgetown University owned patents related to pleiotrophin and ALK. Dr. Bowden is an employee at Medimmune Gaithersburg. This does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: SMR ETB SCM KAG VO RTH. Analyzed the data: SMR ETB SCM ATR AW. Wrote the paper: SMR ETB ATR AW.