About the Authors

Xiaoli Tang

Affiliation Laboratory of Retrovirology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Sicheng Wen

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Dong Zheng

Affiliation Laboratory of Retrovirology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Lynne Tucker

Affiliation Laboratory of Retrovirology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Lulu Cao

Affiliation COBRE Center for Cancer Research, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Dennis Pantazatos

Affiliation COBRE Center for Cancer Research, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Steven F. Moss

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Bharat Ramratnam

BRamratnam@Lifespan.org

Affiliations Laboratory of Retrovirology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, COBRE Center for Cancer Research, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XT SFM BR. Performed the experiments: XT SW DZ LT. Analyzed the data: XT SW DZ LC DP SFM BR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XT SW LC DP SFM BR. Wrote the paper: XT BR.