About the Authors

Christian Franci

Affiliation Research Oncology Department, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jenny Zhou

Affiliation Research Oncology Department, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Zhaoshi Jiang

Affiliation Research Oncology Department, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Zora Modrusan

Affiliation Research Oncology Department, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Zinaida Good

Affiliation Research Oncology Department, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Erica Jackson

Affiliation Research Oncology Department, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Hosein Kouros-Mehr

kouros.mehr@gmail.com

Current address: Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Affiliation Research Oncology Department, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

As indicated in the manuscript, several authors had affiliation with Genentech, Inc., a member of the Roche Group. The authors Christian Franci, Zhaoshi Jiang, Zora Modrasan, Zinaida Good, Erica Jackson, and Hosein Kouros-Mehr were full-time employees of Genentech, Inc., at the time of manuscript submission. Jenny Zhou was a summer intern at Genentech, Inc., in 2010. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK EJ. Performed the experiments: CF JZ ZG ZJ ZM. Analyzed the data: HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HK ZM ZJ. Wrote the paper: HK.