About the Authors

Erin N. Howe

Current address: Department of Surgery, Section of Urology, The University of Chicago Biological Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliations Program in Cancer Biology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Dawn R. Cochrane

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Diana M. Cittelly

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Jennifer K. Richer

Jennifer.Richer@ucdenver.edu

Affiliations Program in Cancer Biology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ENH DRC DMC. Performed the experiments: ENH. Analyzed the data: ENH DRC DMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ENH DMC. Wrote the paper: ENH. Edited and approved the final manuscript: ENH DRC DMC JKR.