About the Authors

Karen M. Chisholm

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Yue Wan

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Rui Li

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Kelli D. Montgomery

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Howard Y. Chang

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Robert B. West

rbwest@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, 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: KMC YW HYC RBW. Performed the experiments: KMC RL KDM RBW. Analyzed the data: KMC RBW. Wrote the paper: KMC HYC RBW.