About the Authors

Rui Zhong

Contributed equally to this work with: Rui Zhong, Jeffrey D. Allen

Affiliation Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jeffrey D. Allen

Contributed equally to this work with: Rui Zhong, Jeffrey D. Allen

Affiliations Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Guanghua Xiao

Affiliation Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Yang Xie

Yang.Xie@utsouthwestern.edu

Affiliations Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA RZ GX YX. Performed the experiments: RZ JA GX YX. Analyzed the data: RZ JA GX YX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA RZ GX YX. Wrote the paper: RZ JA GX YX.