About the Authors

Xiaoping Yang

Xiaoping.Yang@ucdenver.edu (XY); Thomas.Flaig@ucdenver.edu (TWF)

Affiliations Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Francisco G. La Rosa

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Elizabeth Erin Genova

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Kendra Huber

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Jerome Schaack

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

James DeGregori

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Natalie J. Serkova

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Yuan Li

Current address: Department of Urology, XiangYa Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Lih-Jen Su

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Elizabeth Kessler

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Thomas W. Flaig

Xiaoping.Yang@ucdenver.edu (XY); Thomas.Flaig@ucdenver.edu (TWF)

Affiliations Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XY FLR JS JD NJS LJS EK YL TWF. Performed the experiments: XY FLR EEG KH JS NJS. Analyzed the data: XY FLR EEG JD NJS TWF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XY FLR EEG KH JS NJS TWF. Wrote the manuscript: XY FLR EEG JS JD NJS TWF.