About the Authors

Brian E. Kadera

Affiliation Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Luyi Li

Affiliation Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Paul A. Toste

Affiliation Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nanping Wu

Affiliation Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Curtis Adams

Affiliation Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

David W. Dawson

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Timothy R. Donahue

tdonahue@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliations Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Institute for Molecular Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TRD BEK PAT. Performed the experiments: LL NW BEK PAT CA. Analyzed the data: TRD BEK NW LL PAT DWD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DWD. Wrote the paper: BEK TRD.