About the Authors

Li-Nien Chien

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Nien Chien, Quinn T. Ostrom

lnchien@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliation School of Health Care Administration, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Quinn T. Ostrom

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Nien Chien, Quinn T. Ostrom

Affiliation Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Haley Gittleman

Affiliation Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Jia-Wei Lin

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University Shuang-Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Andrew E. Sloan

Affiliation Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Gene H. Barnett

Affiliation Rose Ella Burkhardt Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

J. Bradley Elder

Affiliation Dardinger Neuro-Oncology Center, Department of Neurosurgery, James Comprehensive Cancer Center and The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Christopher McPherson

Affiliation Ph.D. Program for Neural Regenerative Medicine, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ronald Warnick

Affiliation Ph.D. Program for Neural Regenerative Medicine, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yung-Hsiao Chiang

Affiliations Ph.D. Program for Neural Regenerative Medicine, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Center for Neurotrauma and Neuroregeneration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chieh-Min Lin

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University Shuang-Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Lisa R. Rogers

Affiliation Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Hung-Yi Chiou

Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan

Affiliation Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC HG QTO JSB-S. Analyzed the data: LC QTO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC HG QTO JL AES GHB JE CM RW YC CL LRR HC JSB-S. Wrote the paper: LC HG QTO JL AES GHB JE CM RW YC CL LRR HC JSB-S.