About the Authors

Jeffrey A. Alten

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeffrey A. Alten, Ana Moran

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ana Moran

Contributed equally to this work with: Jeffrey A. Alten, Ana Moran

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Anna I. Tsimelzon

Affiliation Breast Care Center and Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mary-Ann A. Mastrangelo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Susan G. Hilsenbeck

Affiliation Breast Care Center and Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Valeria Poli

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

David J. Tweardy

*E-mail: dtweardy@bcm.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DT. Performed the experiments: JA AM MM. Analyzed the data: DT JA AT AM SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH VP. Wrote the paper: DT JA AT AM SH. Other: Designed the study: DT.