About the Authors
- Holly M. Nguyen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Holly M. Nguyen, Nazanin Ruppender
Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Nazanin Ruppender
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Contributed equally to this work with: Holly M. Nguyen, Nazanin Ruppender
Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Xiaotun Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Lisha G. Brown
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Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Ted S. Gross
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washngton, United States of America
- Colm Morrissey
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Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Roman Gulati
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Affiliation Biostatistics and Biomathematics Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Robert L. Vessella
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Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Frauke Schimmoller
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Affiliation Exelixis Inc, South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Dana T. Aftab
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Affiliation Exelixis Inc, South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Eva Corey
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* E-mail: ecorey@uw.edu
Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
This study was partly funded by Exelixis Inc., the employer of Frauke Schimmoller and Dana T. Aftab. Eva Corey has received research funding from Exelixis, Inc., via Sponsored Research Agreement with the University of Washington. There are no 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, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EC RLV FS DTA. Performed the experiments: HMN LGB XZ TSG. Analyzed the data: EC LGB CM RG TSG DTA FS NR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DTA FS RG EC RLV CM TSG. Wrote the manuscript: NR EC RLV CM RG DTA FS.