About the Authors

Elizabeth R. Smith

esmith@med.miami.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Kathy Qi Cai

Affiliation Ovarian Cancer and Tumor Cell Biology Programs, Department of Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jennifer L. Smedberg

Affiliation Ovarian Cancer and Tumor Cell Biology Programs, Department of Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Melina M. Ribeiro

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Malgorzata E. Rula

Affiliation Ovarian Cancer and Tumor Cell Biology Programs, Department of Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Carolyn Slater

Affiliation Ovarian Cancer and Tumor Cell Biology Programs, Department of Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Andrew K. Godwin

Affiliation Ovarian Cancer and Tumor Cell Biology Programs, Department of Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Xiang-Xi Xu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERS XXMX. Performed the experiments: ERS KQC JLS MR. Analyzed the data: ERS KQC JLS MR XXMX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ERS MER CS AG XXMX. Wrote the paper: ERS.