About the Authors

Yanyuan Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Yanyuan Wu, Marianna Sarkissyan

Affiliations Division of Cancer Research and Training, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Marianna Sarkissyan

Contributed equally to this work with: Yanyuan Wu, Marianna Sarkissyan

Affiliations Division of Cancer Research and Training, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yahya Elshimali

Affiliations Division of Cancer Research and Training, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jaydutt V. Vadgama

jayvadgama@cdrewu.edu

Affiliations Division of Cancer Research and Training, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JVV MS YW. Performed the experiments: YW MS YE. Analyzed the data: JVV YW MS YE. Wrote the manuscript: JVV MS YW YE.