About the Authors

Joseph Kim

jokim@coh.org

Affiliation Department of Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

M. L. Richard Yip

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Xiaoming Shen

Affiliation Department of Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Hubert Li

Affiliation Department of Immunology, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Li-Yu Charlie Hsin

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Samuel Labarge

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Eileen L. Heinrich

Affiliation Department of Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Wendy Lee

Affiliation Department of Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Jianming Lu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Nagarajan Vaidehi

Affiliation Department of Immunology, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK MLRY XS HL LYH SL NV. Performed the experiments: JK MLRY XS HL LYH SL WL JL NV. Analyzed the data: JK MLRY XS HL LYH SL EH NV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK MLRY XS HL LYH SL NV. Wrote the paper: JK MLRY XS HL LYH SL EH WL NV.