About the Authors

Erin M. Burns

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Kathleen L. Tober

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Judith A. Riggenbach

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Donna F. Kusewitt

Affiliation Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Science Park, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville Texas, United States of America

Gregory S. Young

Affiliation Center for Biostatistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Tatiana M. Oberyszyn

oberyszyn.1@osu.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMB KLT GSY TMO. Performed the experiments: EMB KLT JAR TMO. Analyzed the data: EMB DFK GSY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DFK GSY TMO. Wrote the paper: EMB KLT DFK GSY TMO.