About the Authors

Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America, Institute of Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Jessica M. Lemen

Affiliations Institute of Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, California, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Vanessa Chan

Affiliations Institute of Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, California, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Alice Wey

Affiliations Institute of Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospital For Children Northern California, Sacramento, California, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Wenchu Lin

Affiliation University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sharon R. Dent

Affiliation University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas, United States of America

Paul S. Knoepfler

knoepfler@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VMC SD PSK. Performed the experiments: JML VC AW WL. Analyzed the data: VMC SD PSK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VMC SD PSK. Wrote the paper: VMC PSK.