About the Authors

Tiffany J. Mellott

tmellott@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sarah M. Pender

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rebecca M. Burke

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Erika A. Langley

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jan Krzysztof Blusztajn

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJM JKB. Performed the experiments: TJM SMP RMB EAL JKB. Analyzed the data: TJM SMP EAL JKB. Wrote the paper: TJM JKB.