About the Authors

Farhoud Faraji

Affiliations Metastasis Susceptibility Section, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute–National Institutes of Health Research Scholars Program, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America

Yanli Pang

Affiliation Tumor Microenvironment Section, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Renard C. Walker

Affiliation Metastasis Susceptibility Section, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Rosan Nieves Borges

Affiliation Metastasis Susceptibility Section, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Li Yang

Affiliation Tumor Microenvironment Section, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kent W. Hunter

hunterk@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Metastasis Susceptibility Section, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FF KWH LY. Performed the experiments: FF YP RNB RCW. Analyzed the data: KWH FF LY YP. Wrote the paper: FF KWH.