About the Authors

Fei Ye

Contributed equally to this work with: Fei Ye, Yibei Zhang, Yue Liu

Affiliations Department of Surgery/Surgical Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Yibei Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Fei Ye, Yibei Zhang, Yue Liu

Affiliations Department of Surgery/Surgical Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Yue Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Fei Ye, Yibei Zhang, Yue Liu

Affiliation Department of Surgery/Surgical Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kazunari Yamada

Affiliations Department of Surgery/Surgical Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Advanced Molecular and Cell Therapy, Kyushu University Hospital, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

Jonathan L. Tso

Affiliation Department of Surgery/Surgical Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jimmy C. Menjivar

Affiliation Department of Surgery/Surgical Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jane Y. Tian

Affiliation Department of Surgery/Surgical Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

William H. Yong

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Dörthe Schaue

Affiliations Department of Radiation-Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Paul S. Mischel

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Timothy F. Cloughesy

Affiliations Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Stanley F. Nelson

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Linda M. Liau

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

William McBride

Affiliations Department of Radiation-Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Cho-Lea Tso

ctso@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliations Department of Surgery/Surgical Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, 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: FY YZ YL KY DS CLT. Performed the experiments: FY YZ YL KY JLT JCM JYT. Analyzed the data: FY YZ YL KY WY DS CLT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WY SN PM TC LL WM. Wrote the paper: FY YZ YL CLT.