About the Authors

Gilles M. Leclerc

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Guy J. Leclerc

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jeffim N. Kuznetsov

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Joanna DeSalvo

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Julio C. Barredo

jbarredo@med.miami.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GML GJL JCB. Performed the experiments: GML GJL JNK JD. Analyzed the data: GML GJL JCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GML GJL JNK. Wrote the manuscript: GML GJL JCB.