About the Authors

Rena Zheng

Affiliations Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of Hematology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Boris Rebolledo-Jaramillo

Affiliation Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yiwei Zong

Affiliation Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Liqing Wang

Affiliation Division of Transplant Immunology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Biesecker Center for Pediatric Liver Disease, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Pierre Russo

Affiliation Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wayne Hancock

Affiliation Division of Transplant Immunology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Biesecker Center for Pediatric Liver Disease, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ben Z. Stanger

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ross C. Hardison

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gerd A. Blobel

blobel@email.chop.edu

Affiliations Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of Hematology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RZ BR-J RCH GAB. Performed the experiments: RZ BR-J YZ LW. Analyzed the data: RZ BR-J PR GAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RZ BR-J YZ LW PR WH BZS RCH GAB. Wrote the manuscript: RZ BR-J LW GAB.