About the Authors

Viviana P. Montecinos

Affiliations Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Department of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Alejandro Godoy

Affiliation Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Jennifer Hinklin

Affiliation Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

R. Robert Vethanayagam

Affiliations Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Gary J. Smith

gary.smith@roswellpark.org

Affiliation Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: G. J. Smith has financial interest in Androbiosys, Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VPM ASG GJS. Performed the experiments: VPM ASG JH RRV. Analyzed the data: VPM ASG GJS. Wrote the paper: VPM ASG GJS.