About the Authors

Hua Zhong

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Cesar Sanchez

Affiliation Department of Hematology-Oncology, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Dirk Spitrzer

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Stacy Plambeck-Suess

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Jesse Gibbs

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Williams G. Hawkins

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

David Denardo

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Feng Gao

Affiliation Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Robert A. Pufahl

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Albert C. Lockhart

Affiliations Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Mai Xu

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

David Linehan

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Jason Weber

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Andrea Wang-Gillam

awang@dom.wustl.edu

Affiliations Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ CS DS AWG. Performed the experiments: HZ CS DS SPS JG RP. Analyzed the data: WH DD JW AWG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ CS DS WH DD JW FG ACL MX DL. Wrote the manuscript: HZ CS AWG.