About the Authors

Kumar Sukhdeo

kumar@case.edu (KS); lathiaj@ccf.org (JDL); richj@ccf.org (JNR)

Affiliations Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Rosanto I. Paramban

Affiliation BD Biosciences, San Diego, California, United States of America

Jason G. Vidal

Affiliation BD Biosciences, San Diego, California, United States of America

Jeanne Elia

Affiliation BD Biosciences, San Diego, California, United States of America

Jody Martin

Affiliation BD Biosciences, San Diego, California, United States of America

Maricruz Rivera

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Daniel R. Carrasco

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Awad Jarrar

Affiliations Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Cancer Biology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Matthew F. Kalady

Affiliations Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Cancer Biology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Christian T. Carson

Affiliation BD Biosciences, San Diego, California, United States of America

Robert Balderas

Affiliation BD Biosciences, San Diego, California, United States of America

Anita B. Hjelmeland

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Justin D. Lathia

kumar@case.edu (KS); lathiaj@ccf.org (JDL); richj@ccf.org (JNR)

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Jeremy N. Rich

kumar@case.edu (KS); lathiaj@ccf.org (JDL); richj@ccf.org (JNR)

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: RIP, JGV, JE, JM, CTC, and RB are paid employees of BD Biosciences. 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: KS RIP JGV JDL. Performed the experiments: KS RIP JGV AJ JDL MR. Analyzed the data: KS RIP JGV ABH JDL JNR DRC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RIP JGV JE JM MFK CTC RB DRC. Wrote the paper: KS JDL JNR.