About the Authors

Michael Andrew Yu

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Andrew Yu, Alan Kiang, Jessica Wang-Rodriguez

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Alan Kiang

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Andrew Yu, Alan Kiang, Jessica Wang-Rodriguez

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jessica Wang-Rodriguez

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael Andrew Yu, Alan Kiang, Jessica Wang-Rodriguez

Affiliation Veterans Administration Medical Center and Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Elham Rahimy

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Martin Haas

Affiliation Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Vicky Yu

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Lesley G. Ellies

Affiliation Veterans Administration Medical Center and Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jing Chen

Affiliation Illumina Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Jian-Bing Fan

Affiliation Illumina Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Kevin T. Brumund

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Robert A. Weisman

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Weg M. Ongkeko

wongkeko@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: JC and JBF are employed by Illumina, Inc. Technology by Illumina was used in this study to characterize cell lines. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: WMO MAY AK. Performed the experiments: MAY AK JC JBF ER VY. Analyzed the data: MAY AK JWR MH LGE KTB RAW WMO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH JC JBF. Wrote the paper: AK WMO.