About the Authors

Jongchan Kim

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Isam-Eldin A. Eltoum

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Meejeon Roh

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jie Wang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Sarki A. Abdulkadir

sarki.abdulkadir@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAA. Performed the experiments: JK MR. Analyzed the data: JK IEAE MR SAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW SAA. Wrote the paper: JK SAA.