About the Authors

Sheelu Varghese

Svarghese@som.umaryland.edu

Affiliations Division of General and Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Rebecca Whipple

Affiliation Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Stuart S. Martin

Affiliation Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

H. Richard Alexander

Affiliation Division of General and Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SV. Performed the experiments: SV. Analyzed the data: SV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SV HRA SSM. Wrote the paper: SV. Fluorescent microscopy technical support: RW.