About the Authors

Joydeep Mukherjee

Affiliations Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, The Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Joanna J. Phillips

Affiliations Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, The Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Shichun Zheng

Affiliations Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, The Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

John Wiencke

Affiliations Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, The Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Sabrina M. Ronen

Affiliations Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, The Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Russell O. Pieper

rpieper@cc.ucsf.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, The Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Russell O. Pieper, PhD, is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. 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: JM JP SZ JW SR RP. Performed the experiments: JM JP SZ. Analyzed the data: JM JP RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP SZ JW. Wrote the paper: JM RP.