About the Authors

Sue-Ing Quek

sueq@u.washington.edu

Affiliations Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Melissa E. Ho

Affiliations Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Michelle A. Loprieno

Affiliations Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

William J. Ellis

Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Nathan Elliott

Affiliation nanoString Technologies, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Alvin Y. Liu

Affiliations Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors would like to declare the affiliation of one of the co-authors, Nathan Elliott, to the commercial company nanoString Technologies. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SIQ AYL. Performed the experiments: SIQ MEH NE. Analyzed the data: SIQ NE AYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAL WJE. Wrote the paper: SIQ AYL.