About the Authors

Elaine Lai-Han Leung

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

Ronald R. Fiscus

Affiliations Cancer Molecular Biology Section, Nevada Cancer Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, College of Pharmacy, University of Southern Nevada, Henderson, Nevada, United States of America

James W. Tung

Affiliation Division of Laboratory Medicine, Nevada Cancer Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Vicky Pui-Chi Tin

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

Lik Cheung Cheng

Affiliation Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

Alan Dart-Loon Sihoe

Affiliation Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

Louis M. Fink

Affiliation Division of Laboratory Medicine, Nevada Cancer Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Yupo Ma

Affiliations Division of Laboratory Medicine, Nevada Cancer Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Maria Pik Wong

mwpik@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ELHL RRF LMF YM MPW. Performed the experiments: ELHL JWT VPCT. Analyzed the data: ELHL JWT MPW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RRF LCC ADLS LMF YM MPW. Wrote the paper: ELHL MPW.