About the Authors
- Michael Andrew Yu
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Affiliation Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Vicky Yu
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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
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Affiliation Veterans Administration Medical Center and Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Jing Chen
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Affiliation Illumina Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Jian-Bing Fan
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Affiliation Illumina Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Kevin T. Brumund
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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
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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
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* E-mail: 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.