About the Authors

Jianling Wang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, United States of America

Gangduo Wang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, United States of America

M. Firoze Khan

mfkhan@utmb.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MFK JW GW. Performed the experiments: JW GW. Analyzed the data: JW GW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW GW. Wrote the paper: JW GW MFK.