About the Authors

Tanusree Sen

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nilkantha Sen

Affiliation Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Maartje G. Noordhuis

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Rajani Ravi

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

T-C Wu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Patrick K. Ha

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Milton J Dance Jr. Head and Neck Center, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

David Sidransky

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Mohammad Obaidul Hoque

mhoque1@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS MOH. Performed the experiments: TS NS MGN RR. Analyzed the data: TS MOH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TCW PKH DS MOH. Wrote the paper: TS MOH.