About the Authors

Mehrnaz Gharaee-Kermani

Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Sathish Kasina

Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Bethany B. Moore

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Dafydd Thomas

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Rohit Mehra

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Jill A. Macoska

jcoska@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG-K SK BM DT RM JM. Performed the experiments: MG-K BB DT RM SK. Analyzed the data: MG-K SK BM DT RM JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG-K SK BM DT RM JM. Wrote the paper: MG-K SK BM JM.