About the Authors
- Gang Chen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Gang Chen, Ijeoma Adaku Umelo
Affiliations Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China, Laboratory of Medical and Molecular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, Oncology Center, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Ijeoma Adaku Umelo
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Contributed equally to this work with: Gang Chen, Ijeoma Adaku Umelo
Affiliation Laboratory of Medical and Molecular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, Oncology Center, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Shasha Lv
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Affiliation Laboratory of Medical and Molecular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, Oncology Center, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Erik Teugels
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Affiliation Laboratory of Medical and Molecular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, Oncology Center, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Karel Fostier
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Therapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Peter Kronenberger
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Affiliations Laboratory of Medical and Molecular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, Oncology Center, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, Laboratory for Biotechnology, Department of Gezondheidszorg, Erasmushogeschool Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Alex Dewaele
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Affiliation Laboratory of Medical and Molecular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, Oncology Center, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Jan Sadones
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Caroline Geers
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Jacques De Grève
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* E-mail: Jacques.Degreve@uzbrussel.be
Affiliation Laboratory of Medical and Molecular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, Oncology Center, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors received funding from a commercial source: Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH. 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: GC ET KF PK JDG. Performed the experiments: GC IAU SL KF JS. Analyzed the data: GC SL AD JS CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KF AD JS CG. Wrote the paper: GC IAU SL ET KF PK JDG.