About the Authors

Sharon K. Huang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, California, United States of America

Marlene M. Darfler

Affiliation Expression Pathology, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Michael B. Nicholl

Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, California, United States of America

Jinsam You

Affiliation Monarch LifeSciences LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Kerry G. Bemis

Affiliation Monarch LifeSciences LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Tony J. Tegeler

Affiliation Monarch LifeSciences LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Mu Wang

Affiliation Monarch LifeSciences LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Jean-Pierre Wery

Affiliation Monarch LifeSciences LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Kelly K. Chong

Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, California, United States of America

Linhda Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, California, United States of America

Richard A. Scolyer

Affiliation Sydney Melanoma Unit, Sydney Cancer Center, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia

Dave S. B. Hoon

hoon@jwci.org

Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMD JPW DSH. Performed the experiments: SKH MBN JY TJT LN. Analyzed the data: SKH JY KGB MW KKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMD JPW RAS. Wrote the paper: SKH KKC DSH.