About the Authors

Kristen M. J. Azar

azark@pamfri.org (KA)

Affiliation Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Sukyung Chung

Affiliation Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Elsie J. Wang

Affiliation Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Beinan Zhao

Affiliation Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Randolph B. Linde

Affiliation Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Janet Lederer

Affiliation Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Latha P. Palaniappan

Affiliation Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KA SC LP. Analyzed the data: SC BZ. Wrote the paper: KA SC EW BZ RL JL LP. Provided subject matter expertise: RL JL.