About the Authors

Laura Strauss

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Malgorzata Czystowska

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Marta Szajnik

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Magis Mandapathil

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Theresa L. Whiteside

whitesidetl@upmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS. Performed the experiments: LS MC MS MM. Analyzed the data: LS MC MS MM TLW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TLW. Wrote the paper: LS TLW.